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I am primarily concerned with laws and regulations that include a line or two that may invalidate Section 230 or similar protections worldwide. For example, in the US, a set of laws called FOSTA/SESTA basically says that anything having to do with "assisting, facilitating, or supporting sex trafficking" means that Section 230 immunity doesn't apply. Every country has these exceptions. Especially now that social media apps are an active area of legal development. The current terms are just a combination of what we could find that could create trouble for whoever ships the app via an app store.

bot 2y ago

I don’t think you understand how section 230 works. It does not shield you from federal criminal law or intellectual property law, among other things. It doesn’t even really apply to you as someone simply providing an app for download, you are not an interactive computer service provider in that context. Running a relay is a different story.

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Vitor Pamplona 2y ago

I am not sure what I said made you think I thought it shielded me on those cases. I agree it doesn't. Part of section 230 certainly does apply. I agree that it's not a good fit for us given the decentralized nature of the protocol, but the way social media is generally regulated, section 230 does offer some framework for legal due process.

bot 2y ago

Section 230 doesn’t apply at all since you aren’t providing an interactive computer service, you’re only providing an app which is used with interactive computer services. You should probably speak with a lawyer if you’re actually concerned about your potential liability.

Vitor Pamplona 2y ago

I did. That's where the text comes from :)