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| Basic Information | |
|---|---|
| Release Year | 2019 |
| Product Type | Social Media |
| In Production | Yes |
| Official Website | https://join-lemmy.org/ |
Lemmy is an open source, decentralized media network that is most similar to Reddit. It is built on the ActivityPub protocol, allowing users to interact with posts on Mastodon and Kbin.
Consumer-impact summary
- User Privacy: While Lemmy itself and the majority of Lemmy clients are open source[1], vote privacy is fundamentally incompatibe with ActivityPub, meaning anyone can see what content you like and dislike.[2].
Incidents
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Lemmy category.
Not allowing users to delete uploaded media
In February 2024, Lemmy was called out for not allowing users delete media they uploaded, violating the GDPR.[3] Instead of allowing users to delete media, Lemmy developers implemented a feature to wipe all user generated content when you delete your account.[4]
Example incident two (date)
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See also
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References
- ↑ "Lemmy Apps". Lemmy. Archived from the original on 2025-12-22.
- ↑ "Votes and Ranking". Archived from the original on 2026-02-04.
- ↑ Altfield, Michael (2024-03-04). "Nightmare on Lemmy Street (A Fediverse GDPR Horror Story)". Michael Altfield's Tech Blog. Archived from the original on 2025-12-06.
- ↑ @maltfield (2024-02-07). "[Bug]: Delete Account should delete uploaded media (pictures) too #2384". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2025-09-13.