Under European law it is reasonably impossible for an individual to run a forum or blog which is open to comments:
> The EU just passed TERREG yesterday without a vote that requires anyone running a website with user generated content (a blog with comments, a forum etc.) and if they have significant EU user base to establish legal presence in the EU and have an officer responsible for deleting content with 1 hr SLA. That's out of reach for most of people. You cannot even block your site for EU traffic, because EU users can use VPN.
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> On 12 September 2018, the European Commission presented a proposal for a regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online, which included:
>The one-hour rule: a legally binding one-hour deadline for content to be removed following a removal order from national competent authorities;
Not to mention restrictions on "hate speech", NetzDG, impressums...
If they are operating this datacenter under their German company, wouldn't all clients have to comply with this?
> The EU just passed TERREG yesterday without a vote that requires anyone running a website with user generated content (a blog with comments, a forum etc.) and if they have significant EU user base to establish legal presence in the EU and have an officer responsible for deleting content with 1 hr SLA. That's out of reach for most of people. You cannot even block your site for EU traffic, because EU users can use VPN.
[…]
> On 12 September 2018, the European Commission presented a proposal for a regulation on preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online, which included:
>The one-hour rule: a legally binding one-hour deadline for content to be removed following a removal order from national competent authorities;
Not to mention restrictions on "hate speech", NetzDG, impressums...
If they are operating this datacenter under their German company, wouldn't all clients have to comply with this?