Discourse hub sound really promising. But won’t it be an issue if the centralised system would be linked to an illegal discourse site.?
For example I create an illegal site which contains piracy material. Mypiracysite.com which is based on a discourse forum. By having the centralised hub the discourse hub user id can login to my site and access the content.?
On a second note what will discourse do about an illegal site which is related to piracy / racism?
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Issues with Discourse Hub and Illegal Content
The discussion revolves around the potential issues of Discourse Hub being linked to illegal sites. Alankrit_Choudh raises concerns about a centralized system being used to access pirated content on an illegal site. omfg argues that Discourse should not police this, as piracy laws vary globally, and site administrators can block users who engage in piracy.
Nathaniel_Mattocks acknowledges that piracy is illegal in most places, but omfg counters that it’s not Discourse Hub’s responsibility to deal with this issue, citing the existence of courts and judges in every country.
cregox compares the Discourse Hub to radio broadcasting, where the hub streams out data, but has no control over how it’s used. RickCogley points out that combating piracy is a massive task, often undertaken by governments and anti-piracy agencies, making it impractical for Discourse Hub to take on this responsibility.
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IMO Discourse should do nothing, because it’s not a world police.
Digital piracy and racism aren’t illegal everywhere.
But you should be able to ban, or maybe approve (easier?) anyone who wants to access your instance using global credentials.
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Yeah, but they are in most places, especially piracy…
The approach described is really identical to gravatar, except it pulls across more than just an avatar. So ask yourself, why doesn’t gravatar care about this? Same reasons.
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Your site shall be banned from where it is illegal @Alankrit_Choudh, the hub will continue to stream out data.
Technically, the hub will be doing basically the same as radio broadcasting. Anyone can pick up the signal, and the hub has nothing to do with how they use it.
Now, of course there is some back and forth communication, unlike the radio waves, but they are just handshaking needed to make such digital “broadcasting” possible, which is way more economical in terms of power needed to shout out signals. It’s like a radio station running in a single AAA battery and still able to reach the other side of the world - thanks to that technical handshake.
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In most of those places admins can block pirates.
And before they do did they would need to consider which of their users might be in violation.
That isn’t an issue Discourse hub can or should deal with. There are courts and judges in every country. Of course Discourse could choose to act as global policeman, but why would anyone want to use such an unreliable system?
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Governments and anti-piracy agencies apply massive amounts of money to combat piracy, so isn’t it wildly impractical to think discourse hub could do it?
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