Lemmy's Image Problem
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The popular Reddit alternative's user count has grown a lot over the past year. One problem, though: users and admins can't delete images.

Highlighting the recent report of users and admins being unable to delete images, and how Trust & Safety tooling is currently lacking.

  • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    8 months ago

    I have a better example. What if a small company made pills or medical devices. Do they get to be noncompliant with the EU law, and tell their patients “we won’t get a medical license, there is too few of us to do it”? If you aren’t okay with that, you aren’t okay with lemmy being noncompliant GDPR-wise

    • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
      54·
      8 months ago

      Beautiful example of a commercial company selling products to customers 👍 My questions to you:

      • are the lemmy devs a commercial entity who paying clients are dependent on for making a closed source solution that nobody can modify?
      • who is non-compliant for failing to remove personal data form the database and filesystem? the admins who have access to the database and filesystem or the lemmy devs who don’t?
      • if the people complaining are so concerned, why do they not contribute the code to fix their perceived issues?

      CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

      • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        53·
        8 months ago

        Are lemmy admins handling EU information? Yes. Do they offer services? Yes. It doesn’t matter if free or not. Hosting a lemmy instance that allows EU users is therefore illegal.

        • onlinepersona@programming.devEnglish
          34·
          8 months ago

          Ah, I see. You’re answering your own questions with the answers you like. Do you even need me to agree with yourself?

          Let me guess: “no”.

          If you want to read your opinion typed by somebody else, I suggest you get a secretary. I’m not here to indulge in your fantasy.

          CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

          • QuaternionsRock@lemmy.worldEnglish
            42·
            8 months ago

            Of course the Lemmy devs aren’t liable for GDPR violations; the admins are. That doesn’t eliminate the problem, though: if the Lemmy devs wish to see their software used as it is now in the long term, they need to introduce GDPR compliance tools. We should consider it gravely concerning that bad actors (e.g., a Reddit employee) can set up Lemmy admins for a massive GDPR suit at any moment.

            Edit:

            if the people complaining are so concerned, why do they not contribute the code to fix their perceived issues?

            I know it’s a stereotype around here, but not everybody on Lemmy is a programmer with free time.

          • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            13·
            8 months ago

            Ah, so now that it is really plainly explained and you have no arguments (since you never did) you start complaining and poisoning the discussion. Good job.