Comment on Random people started sharing child pornography on my matrix server, what are my options?
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoProbably should have given all of the evidence to the police instead of deleting some of it.
Or maybe not. …
In most western jurisdictions platform operators are not liable for user content
Around here, OP would then automatically be a suspect for possession of the material. Possession is a crime. And that is far from funny. Better have a very good lawyer from minute 1.
pory@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
earphone843@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Legally, the platform isn’t liable for what the users do on it. But I wouldn’t want to test that in court.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That doesn’t count for this kind of crime.
It’s not even certain whether or not it applies at all for fediverse systems.