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Legal compliance for a forum

MichaelR · 2023-06-08 17:47:46

Hello, A friend from outside the EU is asking for help setting up and running a forum. The forum would allow posting encrypted attachments without the moderators having the key. I want to understand if this would create a legal risk for me. What if someone uses the feature to post highly illegal material, but this is not…

08-06-2023 5:47pm

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MichaelR

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Hello,
A friend from outside the EU is asking for help setting up and running a forum. The forum would allow posting encrypted attachments without the moderators having the key.
I want to understand if this would create a legal risk for me. What if someone uses the feature to post highly illegal material, but this is not in the description and is only visible to people with a key and I don't have the key?

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