Man Found Guilty of Child Porn, Because He Ran a Tor Exit Node (The Story of William Weber) - LowEndBox
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    • Quacksalber@lemmy.worldEnglish
      29·
      1 year ago

      I mean… that is the big issue with things like tor and the decentralized youtube alternative everyone wants.

      This is an issue on Lemmy as well, one that very few so far seem to have wisened up to. If you host a server and federate it, your server will pull, store and display the content your users are watching for all to see. So you could be on the hook for distributing illegal material if you don’t preemptively defederate from instances potentially hosting content that is illegal for you to possess.

    • Asifall@lemmy.worldEnglish
      291·
      1 year ago

      I mean you could say the same thing about any entity hosting public wifi, but I doubt the local cafe owner has to worry when someone breaks the law on their guest network.

      This feels really inconsistent is the main problem.

      • lmaydev@lemmy.worldEnglish
        222·
        1 year ago

        I mean he’s not. He did literally allow CP to be uploaded. And he literally wasn’t legally protected.

        • Gregorech@lemmy.worldEnglish
          381·
          1 year ago

          But it’s kind of like arresting the gas station owner for allowing a drug deal in his parking lot.

        • astral_avocadoEnglish
          342·
          1 year ago

          Kind of crazy how unsympathetic people are being towards Tor and Tor operators here

    • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
      24·
      1 year ago

      But I personally can’t support anything where “Oh well, I guess I accidentally supported the proliferation of CSAM”.

      Does this mean you’re opposed to, say, roads, because they can be used to transport child porn? How about postal services—they’ll even pick it up and deliver it wherever you want!