Any attempt to regulate big tech needs to be gated on big tech sized user counts.
Violent racist rhetoric posted to a forum with 20 monthly active users might lead to one lunatic ranting on a street corner to be ignored or mocked. The same thing posted to Xitter sparks riots.
Until I read a proper interpretation of the law by a lawyer, I will consider these just knee-jerk reactions by forum owners who can’t fathom being held responsible for the things their forum members post if they don’t moderate. There was similar hand-wringing when GDPR and Article 13 passed. Things are probably going to be fine.
Suicide forums are really a symptom of a much bigger issue about how we as a society talk about suicide. Banning them really won’t help
Hell, we have Lemmy instances considering age verification because of this nonsense. Things are going to get spicy.
I doubt anyone will register to any lemmy instance that does this. One of the reasons people use lemmy is privacy.
