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[2015-08-13] IP Blocks (self.ChillingEffects)

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This week, Reddit received valid legal requests from Germany and Russia requesting the takedown of content that violated local law. As a result, /r/watchpeopledie was blocked from German IPs, and a post in /r/rudrugs was blocked from Russian IP's in order to preserve the existence of reddit in those regions. We want to ensure our services are available to users everywhere, but if we receive a valid request from an authorized entity, we reserve the right to restrict content in a particular country. We will work to find ways to make this process more transparent and streamlined as Reddit continues to grow globally.

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[–]antipositive 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

What defines a "valid legal request" from Germany? Were those requests by government authorities, law firms or another entity?

[–]awrf 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

thank you for the openness. I imagine it is very difficult to make these decisions between having to censor material or having the service be completely unavailable.

[–]IAmAnAnonymousCoward 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm really surprised the Germans went after /r/watchpeopledie first and not some Nazi stuff, but likely that's just the beginning.

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[–]MrEManFTW 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

What happens when Russia wants to ban any of the "Gay Propaganda" subs?

[–]IAmAnAnonymousCoward 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

They will be blocked. Next question!

[–]ImAKidImASquid 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Or just allow them to block it themselves...

[–]vbde 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Were these requests for the whole subreddit or just a specific post?

If they were for just one post, that would mean you would also ban / ip block /r/funny, /r/all/, /r/whatelsesomelegislationrequests, for just one post...

[–]Streichholzschachtel 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

In Germany the whole /r/watchpeopledie subreddit is not reachable.

[–]IamTheBeardedOne 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

So...essentially if other governments step in and make similar requests, Reddit becomes a different website for different countries. At what point do we no longer have 1 Reddit website, but many versions of Reddit, each one with it's own flavor (Reddit RU, Reddit US, Reddit BR)?

It just seems like this is the start of a very slippery slope, and it's going to get a lot uglier before all is said and done.

[–]maripool 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

As a result, /r/watchpeopledie was blocked from German IPs ..... in order to preserve the existence of reddit in those regions.

Germany does not ban any websites. And reddit has no offices in the EU, right, so why care?

The most to happen would be that Germany would ask Google to de-list reddit from its search results.

[–]farbenwvnder 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Was really hoping for more info on the german one. You don't operate in Germany, you don't have to take down sites for them. If they want it they'll have to do it themselves like Russia threatened and eventually did for a short bit. Only Germany wouldn't block entire reddit over this