https://feddit.org/post/12851368
https://feddit.org/post/12529640
due to the previously communicated defamation campaign by quokk.au, which was later followed by defederation by them after we requested them to remove their censure, we have now defederated from quokk.au.
One of the triggers for the current debate is this post, which followed the removal of a comment comparing National Socialism with the current situation in Israel, which can be considered a trivialization of National Socialism. Such statements can, among other things, lead to imprisonment. Among other things, the post claimed that the removal had a Zionist motive, an accusation that should always be supported by appropriate evidence and prior to which it should be ruled out that there are alternative explanations.
We will not be removing every comment that goes even remotely in this direction, but we reserve the right to permanently ban users from feddit.org who make unfounded accusations, such as labeling our instance, admins, moderators, or other users as Nazis or Zionists, without substantial supporting arguments. This is especially the case when this is recurring behavior and not an isolated incident.
If this censure by quokk.au is not withdrawn in a timely manner, we will defederate quokk.au from our side for these unsubstantiated and untrue accusations.
Doesn’t really answer my question.
If there is a legal obligation in Germany to have a policy similar to what feddit.org has, Lemmy.world and other instances using Hetzner should implement it.
If not, then they shouldn’t, and then feddit.org shouldn’t use the legal argument.
Now it’s kind of an ambiguous situation where it’s not clear what the legal obligation actually is.
legally speaking, probably both must follow german law. But I’m not a lawyer. I can imagine lemmy.world admins don’t worry as much because they are not from germany, only their servers.
Also I think lemmy.world moderates against holocaust inversion. I have reported comments for that on both instances and comments on lemmy.world were actually more likely to get removed (tbf they were also much more notorious there)