[zelphirkalt]

Question about Peertube: Is it possible to personally view and verify each uploaded video, as the host/admin of the service? (time constraints aside)

My concern is, that if I host a peertube instance and anyone uploads illegal stuff, I am going to hang for it. So perhaps I would like a Peetube instance just for my friends an me, where I can personally review each video, to not get into trouble. Basically doing the job which the big platforms are too high and noble to properly do and use their algorithms for.

[nodja]

Yes, there's a global setting that will mark newly uploaded videos as blocked automatically, they'll show up in a special moderation area where you can decide what to do with the videos. You can also mark users as trusted in which their videos would bypass the automatic flagging.

[mxuribe]

@zelphirkalt I am not a lawyer, but big U.S. companies like youtube, vimeo, etc. leverage Section 230 of the (U.S.) Communications Decency Act of 1996 in order to mostly protect themselves from scenarios that you referenced (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230). Yes, they still take stuff down, but the intent of this section of the law was to protect YOU and those other companies. Of course, there is big discussions about removing this protection...But for now, this is what those big boiys/girsl use, so why not use it youyrself? Of course, *DO CONTACT* your legal technology representative to be sure.

[worldofmatthew]

Governments are trying to make it harder for the average person to host a community, while claiming to hate big tech.....

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

I thought that platforms were protected as long as they take down illegal content when they are informed about it?

[londons_explore]

In your country, maybe.

But in most places, that isn't the case. If there is something illegal on your server, you're going to be held responsible for it, especially if you don't have robust evidence of who else put it there (ie. a verified and accurate name and address of the uploader - something that illegal video uploaders rarely leave behind).

[viraptor]

Even in the US, I would assume there's some practical threshold where you can't hide behind DMCA and say "I wasn't aware 100% of movies I store are copyrighted and I've acted on all requests so far".

[petronio]

Even if that's the case in your jurisdiction, you can spend a lot of time in jail and a lot of money on lawyers before a judge agrees with you. This is also the reason why it's not recommended to run tor exit nodes at home.