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NSFW instances and federation
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I have a question about the potential legal problems. If I host my own instance and federate with a server that (like lemmynsfw.com for the sake of argument) allows NSFW content of drawn minors (or apparent minors, whatever, the details don't matter), their content is copied onto my instance and I'm not hosting that content, right? So if that content is illegal in my home country, am I now hosting illegal content?
Not a lawyer. But I would say if the content exists on your host, even in a cache, you would be liable
That's where I landed too. I'm tempted to run my own instance just for me to avoid hassle with defederations down the line, but it's a no-brainer to block all nsfw content right now, the risk is crazy.