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While not an official statement, this forum post from a Spark employee is worth a read: https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=184&topicid=248227&page_no

While not an official statement, this forum post from a Spark employee is worth a read: https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=184&topicid=248227&page_no=6#2198928 https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=184&topicid=24... --- I am NOT officially empowered to talk about this but I want to shut down any conjecture right now. No actions of Spark taken now or over the next 24 hours or so should be considered representative of policy. They may turn out to be temporary, they may even with hindsight not be considered the best move. However the number of direct links going around to certain sites and threads where some truly horrific and almost certainly illegal material was being hosted met a threshold for immediate and extraordinary action. We're killing the DNS entries for a couple of sites. I should note that this had approval from the highest levels, and we're not the only ISP doing this. Right now is where we all get a chance to demonstrate our humanity in the face of a terrible tragedy. Reach out and help people. I know many people in Chch and around the country that are in shock. I know I am - and I know there are hundreds or thousands of people that are directly massively impacted by this today. At some point in the near future we'll evaluate what to roll back. But not today. Cheers - Neil Gardner

thaumasiotes 8y ago
> No actions of Spark taken now or over the next 24 hours or so should be considered representative of policy. That's not how it works. When you claim to have a policy, and don't bother to even pretend that it governs your actions, your actions will be taken to represent your policy, because what people care about is your actual policy, not a document you happen to call your "policy".
Taniwha 8y ago
Of course a US ISP could do this too, completely legally - the 1st amendment only binds the government - and the Trump administration's removal of net neutrality gives ISPs carte-blanche to do whatever they like in this area

thaumasiotes 8y ago

> No actions of Spark taken now or over the next 24 hours or so should be considered representative of policy. That's not how it works. When you claim to have a policy, and don't bother to even pretend that it governs your actions, your actions will be taken to represent your policy, because what people care about is your actual policy, not a document you happen to call your "policy".

Taniwha 8y ago

Of course a US ISP could do this too, completely legally - the 1st amendment only binds the government - and the Trump administration's removal of net neutrality gives ISPs carte-blanche to do whatever they like in this area