Obviously I already removed all media, banned all the users and prevented account creation. I have ip addresses and metadata of the users

  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    161·
    2 days ago

    Probably should have given all of the evidence to the police instead of deleting some of it.

    Or maybe not. …

    In most western jurisdictions platform operators are not liable for user content

    Around here, OP would then automatically be a suspect for possession of the material. Possession is a crime. And that is far from funny. Better have a very good lawyer from minute 1.

      • earphone843English
        11·
        2 days ago

        Legally, the platform isn’t liable for what the users do on it. But I wouldn’t want to test that in court.

        • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          That doesn’t count for this kind of crime.

          It’s not even certain whether or not it applies at all for fediverse systems.