I suspect that Voat is being shut down to protect the admins and moderators from legal action if (and really when) is revoked, Section 230 gives legal immunity to site admins for posts their users make (death threats, calls to violence, doxxing, child porn, etc.) and if Section 230 was revoked (and it most likely will be) this legal immunity which gives sites like Voat, Stormfront, 4chan and Kiwifarms and other "controversial" sites which are either White Nationalist in "tone" and/or allow for freedom of speech the ability to exist would go away. I suspect the site admins and moderators were worried about facing possible legal consequences for Voat users posts/comments and especially our (possible) actions, if any one of us were to "do a terror" the site's admins could very well face serious legal issues and be sued, or worse, imprisoned. Other free speech sites, that they will shut down if Section 230 is removed due to legal issues the site would face. I worry that it won't matter if we find a new site to migrate too if Section 230 is revoked because it's very likely that site would start facing legal issues as soon as it grew and it's presence became known as well. The internet was "interesting" while it lasted and some sites like Voat have been a lot of fun, but it seems the age of internet freedom of speech is coming to a close and that only sites which support the MSM's positions, big tech sites (Amazon, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc.), controlled opposition sites (although those will probably be phased out eventually too) and porn sites will be left.
I suspect that Voat is being shut down to protect the admins and moderators from legal action if (and really when) [Section 230](https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230) is revoked, Section 230 gives legal immunity to site admins for posts their users make (death threats, calls to violence, doxxing, child porn, etc.) and if Section 230 was revoked (and it most likely will be) this legal immunity which gives sites like Voat, Stormfront, 4chan and Kiwifarms and other "controversial" sites which are either White Nationalist in "tone" and/or allow for freedom of speech the ability to exist would go away. I suspect the site admins and moderators were worried about facing possible legal consequences for Voat users posts/comments and especially our (possible) actions, if any one of us were to "do a terror" the site's admins could very well face serious legal issues and be sued, or worse, imprisoned. Other free speech sites, [including Kiwifarms have already stated](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaQrfnPTje4&t) that they will shut down if Section 230 is removed due to legal issues the site would face. I worry that it *won't matter* if we find a new site to migrate too if Section 230 is revoked because it's very likely that site would start facing legal issues as soon as it grew and it's presence became known as well. The internet was "interesting" while it lasted and some sites like Voat have been a lot of fun, but it seems the age of internet freedom of speech is coming to a close and that only sites which support the MSM's positions, big tech sites (Amazon, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc.), controlled opposition sites (although those will probably be phased out eventually too) and porn sites will be left.
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