How will Lemmy handle illegal content like drug dealing, child porn, snuff movies etc? On Reddit, the corporation is accountable so they will make an effort to ensure non of this exists on their platform. And they would face legal troubles if they failed to act.
But as Lemmy is decentralised this isn’t really possible. Sure the main instances can defederate from bad instances, but those instances could still operate and be accessible on the web. Especially if they’re hosted in countries outside of the western sphere of influence. Multiple bad instances could federate and duplicate the illegal content pretty easily, making it difficult for the authorities to keep it shut down. Has this been thought about already?
Don’t look up for illegal content? Then you won’t get to see it. #unpoplaropinion
There was a discussion a few weeks ago where the NSFW instance made it a rule that illegal material would not be removed.
There was then a clarification that if the material was obviously illegal it would be removed but if it was questionable it would be allowed to stay.
This makes everyone that allows NSFW material to show up on their feed open to seeing illegal content.
OP’s question is a valid concern.