From [joinmastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/covenant):
> Active moderation against racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia
Well, any definitions for "active moderation"? Server moderators are not law enforcement. They can't chase those people 7x24 unless you pay taxes to them.
> Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
But heck, you can't break other laws because of your freedom of speech. I think that's a piece of common knowledge, since it's unlikely to be a necessity. And that cannot be your excuse for committing harassment, discrimination, etc.
> Definition of necessity: A defense that permits a person to act in a criminal manner when an emergency situation, not of the person's own creation compels the person to act in a criminal manner to avoid greater harm from occurring.
What's the f*cking wrong with 2022? Why do people keep asking for a utopia? Could you just control yourself?
*If you really want someone constantly and actively moderate for you, then welcome to China. The government will like you, a lot. And a free tip: read 1984 and Brave New World before you move there.*
Disclaimer: I'm a Chinese. I'm a programmer. I know nothing about laws. I have never been to America before. I referenced some law concepts and I did my best to ask google to explain those terms to me, so I could understand them better and use them correctly as possible as I can.
If I got something wrong, like I have a misunderstanding of freedom of speech, the idea of utopia, etc., let me know.
(Yeah, let me know, in a nice and polite way, do I need to actively remind people? Do I need to require people to dm me their comments for review before they can post in the comment area? To comply with the "actively moderation" rule? Huh?)
Well, more accurately speaking, you need to bind your identity to reply. And your reply to the news (well, they didn't define what is news, let's wait for that) will be reviewed before it can be published.
For everything other than news, you can reply, but they will moderate it, without saying what rules they would use.
Anyway, I don't want to point out everything for you (of course I don't, I'm physically in China). Here is the source (Chinese). Help yourself:
@skyblond I thought you said it very well. You will get some "But......" responses I'm sure.
@skyblond That's scary. Geez.
The Chinese government recently start moderating replies, which require you to link/bind your account with your legal identity before you can send any replies. And those replies need to be "reviewed" before they can be published to others.
Also, they said the "like button" is a variant of reply, so it needs to be moderated too.
Any platform that doesn't enforce this will be forced to close/blocked/disappeared.