In addition, just a word of advice: if you run a Mastodon server, or another fedi server: you seriously need to look up the UK Online Safety Act.
It will affect you, it's social media, it's included in it as you have users posting content.
If I was running one, to be blunt, I would just straight-up shut it down. Not worth the potential fines. This law is totally whack.
@gamingonlinux This sounds awful! But the link you shared doesn’t seem to say anything related to running your forum. What did I miss? (fellow forum
operator here)
@ctietze @gamingonlinux They have more information on different sub-pages of the topic:
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/guide-for-services/
@ctietze @gamingonlinux This PDF has tables that list which requirements apply to what kind of service:
@soulsource @gamingonlinux To be frank, sounds not too different from German requirements, and if file uploading and linkmposting is prohibited before a manual screening, you’re half way there, it seems