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Reddit says it is not covered by new Online Safety Code as it has moved its jurisdiction to the Netherlands (www.independent.ie)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] nightlily@leminal.space 76 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I‘m confused. Reddit claims it doesn’t host videos, just links to them but it absolutely does host videos.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 6 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

All their media is hosted under the redditstatic domain, and as far as I can tell, that's hosted on AWS. (There's actually also a redditmedia domain, which they may also use, but that's also on AWS).

That probably means that Reddit can get away with saying they don't host any of it. They merely point their web addresses at the third party host.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 38 points 2 weeks ago

No, they really can't. They own and operate the redditstatic domain and rent the server space from AWS. De jure that makes them the hoster.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 25 points 2 weeks ago

But they provide the methods of uploading, deleting and viewing the contents of that storage to their end users.
So, it's Reddits storage.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 20 points 2 weeks ago

They are responsible for that AWS account. No court in its right mind would think otherwise.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

~~Not since the last half decade.~~

edit: i read the comment backwards. oops.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You can upload videos straight to Reddit in 2024

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Read the comment backwards :/

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Decade half last the since not?
Darn you Redditors and your code speak!!

[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Slightly Disappointed But Also Relieved You Don't Type Like This Anymore Jaden

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

How Can Capital Letters Be Real If Our Eyes Aren't Real???

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

as a connoisseur of science on Reddit, I can most assuredly confirm Reddit does host video content.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

Check edit

[–] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

From article

Reddit challenged its designation on the basis that it is mostly a text-based discussion platform, and links to videos uploaded elsewhere on the internet should not be factored in. The Irish regulator counter-argued that the audio-visual content on the platform is extensive, and pointed to its enormous reach, with 73 million daily users.

Could not find any post statistics, but they probably are correct and percentage wise uploaded videos should be at the bottom, but total count probably is too large to be simply disregarded. Reddit probably has more videos than Vimeo which is purely video based. And if Reddit would be in the clear then so should be Twitter and Facebook since those too are primarily text based.