Which major instances are know for having or not having censorship?

  • waigl@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 years ago
    1. Almost every instance will almost certainly filter illegal content in their respective jurisdictions, and those that don’t might not be around for long.
    2. There is a modlog. Just click on it, and you will see what gets removed.
  • Pisck@lemmy.ml
    1·
    2 years ago

    This is where the transparency that comes with FOSS vs private corp really shines. You can always check an instance’s modlog to see for yourself where lines are drawn.

  • chris@l.roofo.cc
    1·
    2 years ago

    What is censorship for you? I mean do you want to have an instance that deletes nothing?

        • carrot@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          2 years ago

          A place where no one is policing what people can say? Sign me up!

          Censorship only applies to people you dont like saying things you dont like. Eventually it’ll be turned on you.

          • chris@l.roofo.cc
            1·
            2 years ago

            Some things should be deleted because they are bad for the community as a whole. Harassment, threats, doxxing, calls for violence. You honestly wouldn’t want someone to delete a post with “@carrot@sh.itjust.works lives at XXX. Let’s get together and beat him to death”? And if that doesn’t faze you I can tell you that most people are not like that. So the place you are imagining would be a very small community very fast. Apart from that there is the problem of illegal content and defederation.

  • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@lemmy.ml
    27·
    2 years ago

    BeeHaw will supposedly censor what they deem to be “hate speech”

    I’ve heard reports about lemmy.ml censoring criticism of the CCP. how true this is i don’t know. One of the devs apparently also runs Lemmygrad

    • Pisck@lemmy.ml
      0·
      2 years ago

      Censorship of CCP criticism would be in the modlog if it were true. I’ve only been here a couple weeks but the only things I see the admins refuse to tolerate are racism, homophobia, and hate speech in general. They don’t allow porn but that has more to do with practical challenges than any (expressed) problem with other people wanting it.