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this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2024
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As someone who just started with this community, I'll admit that I'm a little confused by what happened. Appreciate everyone who puts in time here though!
One of the largest instances, lemmy.world, is no longer receiving posts from this community. They're worried about legal troubles I think?
Legally I think they’d probably be exempted from liability as a common carrier, similar to how your email server isn’t going to get sued if you mail someone a link to piracy. I doubt they’re interested in testing that theory though.
The US would rather try to pin mass shootings on social media platforms than address the core issues that might destabilize their status quo sociopolitical puppet show, which could set an incredibly dangerous precedent. I wouldn't be surprised if some money happened to find its way into the right pockets to try the same thing on behalf of the poor poor megacorps' "lost sales" in the near future.