OP didn’t link their fuller report (the source for their statement is “trust me bro” I guess?), but the only mod tools required to moderate illegal content are objectively the delete and ban buttons, so they are already incorrect on that front. When these people talk about user safety (pay attention to the terminology), they mean “preventing all content that makes them uncomfortable from ever appearing on their screen”. Then yes, Lemmy does not have those moderation features, because Lemmy’s tools for this are blocking federation and restricting sign-ups. I agree that moderation tools on Lemmy need improvement but we need to read in between the lines here.