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So...
How about turning off private messaging. Crisis averted!
--don
How about turning off private messaging. Crisis averted!
--don
What country is your forum operated in?I doubt that the law would say so.
What country is your forum operated in?
Or, just don't run a forum.As I see: it thwarting illegal behavior (or spammers and trolls for that matter) comes down to a couple things - active forum moderation, not granting personal messaging rights to brand new members, a privacy policy that warns members that personal messages can be read and under what situations this can happen, AND actively encouraging members to report such things so they can be acted upon. You must also be clear about what you as owner/admin consider out of bounds and in violation of forum rules.
I think all of us have faced public posts with this kind of stuff, as well as harassment of members through the private message system which Admins have had to step in and address. My interpretation of the above quoted policy sounds different from these situations.Trolls threatening members has been an issue and those trolls openly advocating sex with underage persons and knowingly doing it in a publicly accessible section of the forum caused a serious ick - but strict moderation put an end to that real quick.
Yes, but they usually ask for it by having the site's main topic be something a bit on the dodgy site.Healthy conversation is never a bad thing, so it's interesting to hear ideas about this.
But I'd ask again - does anyone have a verifiable example of this ever becoming a problem for any forum admin? Ever? At all.???
I haven't seen any of those, not even the threatening part, but maybe I live in calmer waters.Trolls threatening members has been an issue and those trolls openly advocating sex with underage persons and knowingly doing it in a publicly accessible section of the forum caused a serious ick - but strict moderation put an end to that real quick.
You know of an admin who was held personally & legally responsible for the contents of private messages sent by users of their site?Yes, but they usually ask for it by having the site's main topic be something a bit on the dodgy site.
Not quite, but the court of public opinion tends to be stacked against you and your own ISP / host will cut you off, if there is too much suspicious activity on your site. It also invites the police to walk away with your servers to gather evidence of criminal activity.You know of an admin who was held personally & legally responsible for the contents of private messages sent by users of their site?
I don't mean to sound skeptical, but... I'm skeptical.
In theory, if someone is groomed on your platform, which is one reason why those sorts of people are troublesome, then they could sue you for not doing enough to prevent it. I think there was a law called FOSTA or something that allows for that.You know of an admin who was held personally & legally responsible for the contents of private messages sent by users of their site?
But I'd ask again - does anyone have a verifiable example of this ever becoming a problem for any forum admin? Ever? At all.???