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[–] futureretroistic ago 

According to the Github page,

no censorship policy as long as content is legal in Switzerland

So, it would seem so.

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[–] RedSocks157 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It does, although it did ban a few subs for being uncomfortable already which has made me wary.

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[–] Lordperiwinkle [S] ago 

Thank you all for your responses, this is a great community, it's seems like these reasonable policies will help keep it that way.

On a funny note I was thinking what is NOT legal is Switzerland that is legal in most of the rest of the world... aka things you'll never see on Voat:

1) Chocolate porn 2) Images displaying unhappy people eating chocolate 3) /v/bankingtransparency

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[–] swfreak 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Voat has already banned /v/jailbait. I have to say I'm OK with that because jailbait, no matter how innocent and on the surface of it, legal, the pictures are, it's still sexualization of minors and I would say a form of child porn.

Allowing it here would bring massive heat to the site that we don't need. People who enjoy jailbait can go elsewhere.

On the other hand I think loliporn should be allowed since it's just drawings and doesn't involve real people.

Atko (the admin) has also said.

I have absolutely no tolerance for racism. This one will be banned and all others like it. I see people are coming from 4chan so this is just a prank.

Edit: after giving this some more thought, I will be looking into legalities of allowing full, uncensored speech on whoaverse. I don't want to be personally liable for the consequences of free speech (lets face it, there will be racism).

https://archive.is/UKcjJ

He seems to have retracted his prior statement, but this still seems to be an emotional issue for him. So who knows? What will happen when the pressures mounts?

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[–] tjap ago 

I think that jailbait, racism and sexism should be banned as those are just about spreading hate or sexualizing minors, I don't understand how people associate that with not having free speech, I have free speech in my country as well but racism is illegal too.

I just hope that we won't get gamersgate-like problems here... which is actually a free-speech related issue

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[–] swfreak ago 

So do you think gamegate related subs should be banned?

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[–] Shinx 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Honestly I'm up in the air after going through all of the subverses to subscribe to. I saw /v/niggers, /v/loli, /v/jailbait and many other hurtful subs or possibly illegal content. But I'm also a grazer for /v/dnms.

I remember years ago someone giving a reason why 4chan created a section for MLP. Keep the shit in one contained area so it doesn't spill over.

As long as /u/Atko isn't legally liable I'm ok with complete free speech.

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[–] SwimmingInAFishbowl ago 

Um. No. Is illegal

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[–] Monkeyguy5000 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Depends. Is that included under sexualizing minors?

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[–] AmyAcker 0 points 16 points (+16|-0) ago 

Will you censor comments and submissions?

While we don't necessarily approve or agree with all content that users submit to Voat, our policy is to not meddle and not censor content unless said content is illegal in Switzerland.

FAQ

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[–] Qibble 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

yeah but how will this site get its funding in the future? I'm hoping for a donation only approach because whenever advertising gets involved, sites turn to shit. So far voat has been a blessing, I'd hate to see it go to a VC type model. I for one wouldn't mind a couple euros a month to keep voat free from manipulation.

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[–] Vithar42 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

So, for now....

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[–] ampqre 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

sooner or later all sites die.

but this one is just being born, bit soon to start worrying about it's death.

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[–] distortedlines 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I really believe they'll stick with this for a long time, I hope i'm correct.