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So why is that a problem? The hosts of Lemmy.world aren't beholden to provide you with every resource available and at the same time potentially expose themselves to legal issues.
Problem is that saying Lemmy.world is responsible for these communities is not a valid argument. They do not run these communities nor are they affiliated with them. As a lemmy instance, they didn't have to do anything technically speaking. And even then, Reddit - which is centralized - was able to get away with these communities for years.
While it is true they are not directly responsible for these communities, they are linking to them through federation. As others have mentioned, lemmy.world is hosted in Germany where laws are stricter around linking to potentially illegal activities. They don't have the legal team available to them that Reddit do so obviously they want to protect themselves. If it's a problem to you, sign up with an instance that doesn't block that type of content.
Well I am already talking to you from lemm.ee lol
Anyways, I'm not sure if "linking to illegal content" in this manner is really a fair way to do it, kind of reminds me of the Quad9 and Sony Story :/