Minecraft disclaims responsibility for any content created or shared by users in Realms, but retains the right to remove content it finds problematic.
Users who encounter harmful, offensive, or illegal content in Minecraft Realms cannot hold Mojang/Microsoft liable for that content under this disclaimer, even though Minecraft reserves the right to moderate and remove content it considers problematic.
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Compare across platforms →This clause limits Minecraft's legal liability for harmful user-generated content in Realms while simultaneously preserving its right to act as a content moderator — a dual position that has significant implications under platform liability laws.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision directly engages the EU Digital Services Act (DSA Art. 5-7) regarding hosting service liability exemptions and the conditions under which platforms lose safe harbor protection. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (47 U.S.C. § 230) provides analogous US liability protection for user-generated content hosting. The DSA requires that platforms acting as hosting services implement notice-and-action mechanisms (DSA Art. 16) and that very large online platforms conduct risk assessments for systemic content harms (Art. 34). The EU Terrorist Content Online Regulation (2021/784) may require expedited removal of terrorist content, relevant given the EULA's reference to 'terrorist or violent extremist content.' (2)
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