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@nathanhawks As far as I can see that sounds all reasonable to me.
That said I don't really get why that is such a huge problem. I've been running "my" instance for more than three years now and never got into any severe troubles just by sticking to three (or more like 2 and a half) cornerstones:
First, the terms of service every user accepted combined with German laws on which the TOS base somehow and I as an admin have to comply with. Simple example would be posting swastika pictures, which is a) against the TOS and b) against German Criminal Code § 86a. https://gnusocial.de/url/3317415
Second cornerstone is the community. There's the local GNU Social group \!gnusocialde where I post service announcements, pose questions and try to get an impression of what users want. Detailed explanations and open discussions in combination with the wiki and the transparency report helped a lot over the whole time. E.g. as @schestowitz started flooding people complained about it. I talked to