I recall a similar discussion once with OneLawSanctury. He pointed out that images would need a level of moderation that text does not.
I say the positives outweight the negatives. Everyone hates CP but we can't jettison free speech.
Frankly im fine with raising the middle finger to the government, and front ends can
| figure out a way to filter illegal stuff if necessary
If we did find some uncencorable image host, and all technical issues were solved, how do we stop it being over run with nastyporn? That would kill memo even faster than outlawing it.
There are already illegal images stored on the blockchain (not in memo protocol). So technically, anyone with a copy of the blockchain is breaking the law. Unless you prune out the
| opreturn data to make sure you don't have it, but you have to hold it for a moment to validate the block. I'm not sure how to legally remedy this situation. Furthermore, if you buy
| crypto on some exchange so you are identified, then you send it to someone you don't know, & they use it to post something on the blockchain illegal, it would be difficult to prove
| you didn't do it yourself. It's proving a negative. A jury would probably be able to be convinced that it was you in charge of the coins all along.
I bet this is a real danger. But it is worth mentioning a court system that is "allowed" to force people to prove negatives is broken. It can be abused by the powerful to no end.
I see. As I understand it, memo can already be messed up pretty bad with simple words, you just need to know how and want to do it. I think the reason it is not, is it is fringe.
But I do see the point. But if the 3.rd party supplied filters that I have suggested for messages were supported and used, I suppose even nasty images could be made not so problematic.
