Not in the US, where .world is held. Maybe the Finnish instances since their laws are weird, but in most countries there’s a variant of platform immunity wherein the owners are only liable if they are informed by the government about offending content and fail to take action.
Exceedingly few countries require proactive moderation, and pretty much all countries that do have a minimum user count for that moderation above the gross user count of the entire fediverse.
Yes, they are. If they are hosting servers where people engage in criminal actions they can be held liable in some nations.
Not in the US, where .world is held. Maybe the Finnish instances since their laws are weird, but in most countries there’s a variant of platform immunity wherein the owners are only liable if they are informed by the government about offending content and fail to take action.
Exceedingly few countries require proactive moderation, and pretty much all countries that do have a minimum user count for that moderation above the gross user count of the entire fediverse.