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So... cloud service providers now have the right to determine what services they want to allow and what they want to shut off? HAL 9000: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm af
by 1-6 6y ago
So... cloud service providers now have the right to determine what services they want to allow and what they want to shut off? HAL 9000: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"
- fwip 6y agoWhat do you mean "now?" They've always had the power to do that.
- 1-6 6y agoTime for some cloud neutrality.
- ricardobeat 6y agoNo, they have always had that right, as does any other private business. You can always refuse service if it is not on discriminatory grounds (gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion or disability).
- heavyset_go 6y agoSexuality is only a protected class in some states, and sexuality isn't a protected class at the federal level. Unfortunately, there are plenty of places in the US where one can experience legal discrimination based on their sexuality in housing, employment, education, health insurance and healthcare. There are several maps here[1] that show where those places are. Many of them don't classify violence motivated by the victims' sexuality as hate crimes, either. There's also a table here[1] that summarizes the discrepancies in the US. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States#Anti-discrimination_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Stat... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States#Summary_table_of_LGBT_rights_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_United_Stat...