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> While I don't know the specifics about the hosting situation of TDS, I doubt what happened there was "a small number of private companies decided to exercise

> While I don't know the specifics about the hosting situation of TDS, I doubt what happened there was "a small number of private companies decided to exercise their considerable control over what we’re allowed to read", like the author claims. Actually, that's exactly what happened. I think it involved Google, GoDaddy, Cloudflare, and a couple others. Yeah, Cloudflare, Champions of Free Speech -- until they're not. > For example, the claim that there's "nothing illegal" about it, which is factually wrong as lots of the content on Daily Stormer would easily break a couple of German laws, and probably laws of a few other countries, as Germany isn't the only country with laws in regards to Holocaust denial. And somehow that means it's something for the FCC to regulate with regard to an American company? I'm pretty sure that it is actually Germany's problem to keep it from coming over the wire into their country. And if that sounds agreeable, then I don't expect we'll hear any more complaints about the way China censors the Internet inside their borders. Oh shit, that's actually coming true already.

wpietri 9y ago
So you're saying that there are only 5 companies in the world that can host a website? That seems unlikely.
wfo 9y ago
Actually, TDS is just fine. They used Tor to get around these restrictions, because if what you are posting online is so disgusting that nobody is willing to host you, yes, you have to use some niche service. It's just like if you are openly a nazi in real life, you'll find your life is a whole lot harder because everyone hates you and refuses to work with or do business with you. It's called having a society and it's an extremely good thing. If you're so disgusting nobody wants anything to do with you, we are magnanimous in the US; we don't lock you in jail or execute you, it's just a whole lot harder for you to participate in a society that on the whole thinks you are inhuman scum.

wpietri 9y ago

So you're saying that there are only 5 companies in the world that can host a website? That seems unlikely.

wfo 9y ago

Actually, TDS is just fine. They used Tor to get around these restrictions, because if what you are posting online is so disgusting that nobody is willing to host you, yes, you have to use some niche service. It's just like if you are openly a nazi in real life, you'll find your life is a whole lot harder because everyone hates you and refuses to work with or do business with you. It's called having a society and it's an extremely good thing. If you're so disgusting nobody wants anything to do with you, we are magnanimous in the US; we don't lock you in jail or execute you, it's just a whole lot harder for you to participate in a society that on the whole thinks you are inhuman scum.