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> Freedom of speech protects you from Government prosecution for expressing your opinions. Google is a private company. This is a tired comment. Could we pleas

> Freedom of speech protects you from Government prosecution for expressing your opinions. Google is a private company. This is a tired comment. Could we please stop saying it. We are aware of this. Yes your ISP has the right to cut off your internet access because you vote Democrats. They are a private company. But that doesn't make it right and doesn't mean we can't be angry about it!

probably_wrong 10y ago
I don't think we are as aware of what that comment means as you'd think. Yes, we know that Google can delete whatever they want whenever they want. And yet we might get angry as hell... buy we keep hosting our content with them. You want to get angry? Sure, go for it. You want to get change, though? Then I suggest we stop giving them money to keep doing what they are doing. That, I believe, is the spirit of the parent comment .
- joering2 10y ago
  Well why do you think DuckDuck Go continues to thrive in the first place? Even Google itself said that their "don't be evil" motto is quite stupid. I personally try to ban them from my life as much as possible. Just recently in Google Maps a window popup with history of all the places I drove to. That was a shocker but how naive was I thinking they don't keep this data. Since then I bought TomTom for cash and said goodbye to Google Maps. You should do the same!
knorker 10y ago
Child porn is not protected speech though, and Google is not allowed to facilitate it. Your ISP is allowed to let Democrats use the Internet. You may be making a general point I agree with, but it doesn't apply here, assuming it indeed is child porn.
- icebraining 10y ago
  Actual child pornography is not protected, but literary accounts (which seem to be the case here) are.
  - knorker 10y ago
    The theory being circulated (as I read it) is that this is not about text. But there is also a question about what "actual" child porn is. Depending on jurisdiction child porn cartoons can legally be child porn.
dalke 10y ago
No, the ISP does not have that right. The ISP is a common carrier (as of last year's FCC decision) and cannot discriminate on that basis.

probably_wrong 10y ago

I don't think we are as aware of what that comment means as you'd think. Yes, we know that Google can delete whatever they want whenever they want. And yet we might get angry as hell... buy we keep hosting our content with them. You want to get angry? Sure, go for it. You want to get change, though? Then I suggest we stop giving them money to keep doing what they are doing. That, I believe, is the spirit of the parent comment .

joering2 10y ago
Well why do you think DuckDuck Go continues to thrive in the first place? Even Google itself said that their "don't be evil" motto is quite stupid. I personally try to ban them from my life as much as possible. Just recently in Google Maps a window popup with history of all the places I drove to. That was a shocker but how naive was I thinking they don't keep this data. Since then I bought TomTom for cash and said goodbye to Google Maps. You should do the same!

knorker 10y ago

Child porn is not protected speech though, and Google is not allowed to facilitate it. Your ISP is allowed to let Democrats use the Internet. You may be making a general point I agree with, but it doesn't apply here, assuming it indeed is child porn.

icebraining 10y ago
Actual child pornography is not protected, but literary accounts (which seem to be the case here) are.
- knorker 10y ago
  The theory being circulated (as I read it) is that this is not about text. But there is also a question about what "actual" child porn is. Depending on jurisdiction child porn cartoons can legally be child porn.

dalke 10y ago

No, the ISP does not have that right. The ISP is a common carrier (as of last year's FCC decision) and cannot discriminate on that basis.