I can’t walk the fine legal line of allowing people to say they want an entire group to be killed.

I’m not a lawyer so I don’t know exactly what is legal or not when someone says a group should be killed. So i’m gonna remove stuff like that. It’s not worth it to me.

  • squashkin@wolfballs.com
    2·
    3 years ago

    not a lawyer either but at the end of ruqqus they were commenting that illegal speech on this topic must have the characteristics of the brandenberg case: https://infogalactic.com/info/Brandenburg_v._Ohio

    The Court held that government cannot punish inflammatory speech unless that speech is directed to inciting, and is likely to incite, imminent lawless action.

    So it sounds like there needs to be a specific threat announced, like a person will harm a specific person or group in a specific place at a specific time.

    So it sounds like it is legal to say a person wishes a person or group would die. It sounds like it is not ok to say they are going to attack a specific person or place on a specific date with a specific weapon.

    • Masterofballs@wolfballs.comOPM
      31·
      3 years ago

      I don’t have the legal funds to defend lawsuits like that. And I don’t know how to draw that line exactly. Who defines what counts as a time and place? It’s much easier to just say I will delete anyone saying " A group should be killed". They could easily rephrase that as “I wish that group were not here” .

      If someone wants to donate a layer and legal fees I can maybe push that line further.

      • squashkin@wolfballs.com
        3·
        3 years ago

        that’s fine, was just adding what I thought I understood things to be

        just make sure people are aware of the rules and update them if needed, I thought you already said basically to avoid violent speech because it can be hard to know where the line is