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I wrote about their previous ban last year and what it meant in terms of censorship: https://fightthefuture.org/article/the-new-era-of-corporate-censorship/ ht
by djsumdog 9y ago
I wrote about their previous ban last year and what it meant in terms of censorship:
https://fightthefuture.org/article/the-new-era-of-corporate-censorship/ https://fightthefuture.org/article/the-new-era-of-corporate-...
A lot of people will simply say, "Well go use another provider. It's their business and they can run it as they want," but in the case with the Daily Stormer, they were banned from many providers/platforms and even all the major domain registratars.
When so few companies hold such a large market share, they can and do censor content. In the US, we don't allow businesses to discriminate on the bases of race or sex, as far as which customers they're willing to accept. Speech isn't covered, but should it be? Can a Staples refuse to copy a flyer if it has content they don't agree with (so long as the content isn't illegal?)
- Mononokay 9y agoSelf host, direct towards an IP Address.
- LyndsySimon 9y agoAn IP address issued by whom, exactly? Your ISP? A cloud provider? ICANN? There are ways to evade this law, like the .bit TLD, but even that would require constantly hopping between IPs and providers. There is no way that I can see to deploy and maintain a stable service in this legal environment.