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How much power do Lemmy server admins have over the content that they are hosting? (self.lemmy)

submitted 2 years ago by Kalcifer to c/[email protected]

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Are server admins able to selectively modify user's content? Do they have the power to selectively edit, move, delete etc.? Or does the collective federation prevent a single bad actor from taking authoritative control?

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[–] Candelestine 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Absolute. If you want to maintain control yourself you need to Self-Host.

[–] Kalcifer 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Could this be solved by signing every post, and comment made by a user with a key that only that specific user possesses? That way, if a post is modified, it will no longer match that user's key and it should therefore no longer be trusted.

[–] Candelestine 1 points 2 years ago

Sure.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Are server admins able to selectively modify user’s content?

Through the UI, all they can do is delete it.

However, with direct DB access, modification of content is possible