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Edit 2/1/2023: A new small guideline that has been added to the rules- please include direct links to profiles, especially if the user in question is being shady, since they go 'invisible' when FR locks/bans them.

(It's not mandatory, but it helps folks get those juicy details.)
 

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DA

[(Anonymous)]

Dreamwidth and Tumblr are absolved because the law was put into place because they can't vet each submission before posting. A blog that reads and decides what to post is different.

Also, I'm more on morality and possibly getting the Tumblr banned.

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

Fair point, I didn’t think of it like that. You’re most likely correct in that regard. I’d still argue the blog itself is safe from legal ramifications because as mean as it is at times, there’s nothing illegal about talking shit about people on or off the internet. Gossip magazines and later gossip blogs have existed forever. If the blog isn’t allowing posts through that actually incite violence or action against a user, there’s nothing illegal about what they do.

You probably could try to get the blog banned if you really wanted (which is probably not easy as you think - I guarantee a least a few of those who have been posted about have probably tried to get Tumblr/whoever to remove the post or ban the blog, and as far as I know, all the FR drama blogs are still around. Only the original DR is gone, and they closed their own blog down - they weren't banned. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that FR themselves have tried to get at least the original DR taken down.) You’re just unlikely to get anyone arrested or charged with a crime over it. Like I said, if the owners were actually worried about getting in trouble over a post they allow, they probably wouldn’t be running the blog in the first place, so it’s safe to assume they’ve accepted any potential risks.

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

it's shockingly difficult to get anyone to do anything about online harassment unless you have a ton of evidence of an actual specific law being broken and a great lawyer.

i learned this the hard way when i and some friends were doxxed (eg phone number and address posted on twitter with the intent of getting a mob to harass us; my friend got drop calls on her phone and had to get a new number) and we found that doxxing is amazingly, only illegal in the state of california, meaning both parties have to be in that state in order to take action.

i found out where the person who doxxed us lived and called the police dept there and as the person was taking down my info i was like, yeah no nothing is going to come of this lol they have no idea what's going on. the only other thing i could do is submit a complaint ticket to some federal agency which i never heard from and didn't expect to amount to anything.

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

SA, hit reply too fast

the thought of anyone getting arrested or charged with a crime for running a drama blog is ludicrous to me for this reason. i don't think they have anything to worry about and neither does anyone else involved in all this drama stuff, for that matter.

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

It'll be a hell of a lot easier to get it banned with actual user names attached to drama, as it can be seen as inciting harassment against specific people. They get away because x from flight is not specific.