youdontknowme see the EU's attempts to enforce GDPR compliance on US-run sites.

I can't claim to know every instance of this, but most of the ones I am familiar with all deal with multinational corporations that do buisness in Europe. IE they have corporate branches and servers in EU countries, accept payment in euros through EU banks, ship goods to European customers from warehouses located in Europe, and/or make active efforts to maintain a European customer base. Very different than a site like this where the only connection to the EU is that some people from the EU connect to it.

Of course, if someone is a German citizen and/or is in Germany when they connect to this site then they are bound by German law and can be prosecuted if their conduct here breaks it, but I can't really speak to how that might go since I am nether German nor a lawyer, let alone a German Lawyer.

Laura I need someone who has enough time

That is always the sticking point. I would be willing to devote some time to the health of this community but I couldn't do it on my own and I don't think many of us could. Maby a team of part-time volunteers could manage it but then someone needs to manage the team.

    pestulens That is always the sticking point

    More time than me, if more specific

    • Joh replied to this.

      Laura If you are interested in help then let's talk about it via PM. I get the impression from looking at your responses so far that it's not really you. If it is the case then say so openly.

        pestulens For moderators, I have no idea.

        But yes, Störerhaftung has been a pain in the posterior of people trying to offer a free Wifi hotspot.

        There the issue would be generally using your external IP to commit "copyright infringement".

        Joh I get the impression from looking at your responses so far that it's not really you

        What do you mean?

        • Joh replied to this.

          Laura The discussion of s new Moderator IS now running 7 days and your only comments was He/she must have more time than you.
          No further talk with the members who offered help. No information what task need to be done, how it should be done, in wich time frame a reaction is expected.
          Apart from that, the least you could do would be to say thank you for the offer to help.

            Joh Sorry about this, I'm just not in the mood.

            Joh No information what task need to be done, how it should be done, in wich time frame a reaction is expected.

            But I don't know either. I only know what needs to be done from my side

            • Joh replied to this.

              Laura Than dontact me via PM and we will discuss it.

              youdontknowme

              curious

              perhaps i should not have separated my two arguments, because one requires the other. so, a moderator works internally, he has no responsibility to outside third parties because he is not liable for the forum. liable for the content of the forum is the owner (@Laura) and she has to make sure that the forum does not violate the laws of her country. the risk of being held liable as a moderator is zero because the moderator does not act outside the forum and does not represent the forum, he only does that internally. the only thing german authorities could do would be to deny access to german users.

              anyway, i wanted to create this topic so that interested people can get in touch, everything else is up to @Laura to discuss

              Even if there is no legal basis for holding you accountable for the forum itself, an overzealous prosecutor might make a case that your actions or inactions may have contributed to someone's daughter getting abused, and that your position of power means you could have prevented that but failed to do so. While I personally very much doubt that such a case would arise or that, if it arose, it would lead to a judgment against you, there is still a non-zero chance that it might cause you a headache somewhere down the line.

              That said, between online anonymity, encrypted network connections and the fact that the server is not hosted in reach of German authorities, I find such a threat to be a purely theoretical scenario.

                youdontknowme have contributed to someone's daughter getting abused, and that your position of power means you could have prevented that but failed to do so

                we have agreed that ‘forced wearing’ is not permitted, which would violate the forum rules and the moderator would have to intervene there

                I think @Bryan should be involved in moderation. Let's start with this