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People like to forget that private companies don't have to care about your first amendment rights.
by wnevets 9y ago
People like to forget that private companies don't have to care about your first amendment rights.
- eli 9y agoThey do have to care about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 though.
- msla 9y agoThey're Canadian. Notwithstanding that, there might well be similar laws in Canada.
- eropple 9y agoAren't they Canadian?
- openasocket 9y agoThe Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans discrimination against protected classes, including sex, race, and religion, but not political ideology.
- systems 9y agoand .. easydns is canadian i think the legal structure for this relationship would be different
- wolco 9y agoI don't think this is a legal issue but a moral issue. By siding with the moral majority this companies loses the ability to position itself as a baston of privacy and open speech. It is easy to say you support an idea but when presented with a choice this company decided to act differently. A light needs to shine on these imposters because when we really need privacy and openness we can't be fooled into trusting them.
- daxorid 9y agoFirst amendment protections derive primarily from the fact that the Government has a monopoly on force. It's monopoly power that is the ultimate motivator for the protections. In this particular case, when every private entity with oligopoly power (de facto, not de jure, per the capital and other ICANN approval hurdles) denies your platform, then you're in effectively the same position as if the Government was denying you speech. It's why we have antitrust and labor relations laws - we recognize that monopolies or effective monopolies approach the power of Governments in ability to deny rights.