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They've also removed sex worker websites (including a forum that was just sex workers talking to each other), but for some reason no one complains about it.
by tedivm 7y ago
They've also removed sex worker websites (including a forum that was just sex workers talking to each other), but for some reason no one complains about it.
- roywiggins 7y agoCongress recently added sex work as an exception to CDA 230 protections, and every provider scrambled to nuke everything remotely related.
- mikeash 7y agoThat’s always the way. Censorship/moderation isn’t given a second thought when it’s just sex-related.
- Lazare 7y agoI believe you'll find that this was driven by SESTA/FOSTA, rather than being a discretionary choice by Cloudflare, and if you hang out in the right circles, it gets complained about a lot. (EFF, ACLU, Wikimedia, and many more opposed it.) I think it's unconstitutional and the worst thing to happen to the internet in many years, as well as one of the worst things to happen to civil liberties (which is a pretty high bar!). Unfortunately, it passed senate 97 votes to 2, which suggests legislative fixes will not be coming soon.
- im3w1l 7y agoInteresting, never heard about that. Are there are other things too?