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ISP's dont host content. Imagine if Airlines block you from flying everywhere, but the place you want to travel to hasn't blocked you from entering it. They sh

by ffpip 6y ago

ISP's dont host content. Imagine if Airlines block you from flying everywhere, but the place you want to travel to hasn't blocked you from entering it. They should not have that power, expect in extremely rare cases

jdkfkror 6y ago
> In a statement Tuesday, PAL Airlines said the two men would be banned indefinitely from the airline's flights. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/racist-comments-pal-flight-1.5390513 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/racist-...
- moritonal 6y ago
  Because they insulted people on the same plane. In this metaphor that'd be like an ISP blocking a customer because they were hacking other customers, which is fine.
  - jdkfkror 6y ago
    You are making my point. If someone puts racist content on the net and a black customer complains, it's fine for the ISP to block them.
    - Fjolsvith 6y ago
      Your example only works if the offensive content was sent unsolicited. If the person offended sought out the content I do not think the content should be banned (assuming the content was legal speech).
- ffpip 6y ago
  That is different. ISP's have those kinds of power too. Try running a DDOS attack without the ISP blocking you. Or try accessing banned content, without workarounds. A good read on who should be held responsible, written by Cloudflare's CEO. https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-we-terminated-daily-stormer/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-we-terminated-daily-stormer/
jfengel 6y ago
ISPs do host content. Major ISPs like Comcast and Verizon are TV companies as well as network providers. Comcast owns Time Warner; Verizon owns HBO. They are both massive conglomerates, and they hold monopolies or near-monopolies on networking in many areas.
- shuntress 6y ago
  Verizon the television channel curator should be enabled and encouraged to stop carrying harmful content. Verizon the broadband provider should make no determinations based on the content of any message they carry.

by ffpip 6y ago

jdkfkror 6y ago

> In a statement Tuesday, PAL Airlines said the two men would be banned indefinitely from the airline's flights. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/racist-comments-pal-flight-1.5390513 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/racist-...

moritonal 6y ago
Because they insulted people on the same plane. In this metaphor that'd be like an ISP blocking a customer because they were hacking other customers, which is fine.
- jdkfkror 6y ago
  You are making my point. If someone puts racist content on the net and a black customer complains, it's fine for the ISP to block them.
  - Fjolsvith 6y ago
    Your example only works if the offensive content was sent unsolicited. If the person offended sought out the content I do not think the content should be banned (assuming the content was legal speech).
ffpip 6y ago
That is different. ISP's have those kinds of power too. Try running a DDOS attack without the ISP blocking you. Or try accessing banned content, without workarounds. A good read on who should be held responsible, written by Cloudflare's CEO. https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-we-terminated-daily-stormer/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-we-terminated-daily-stormer/

jfengel 6y ago

ISPs do host content. Major ISPs like Comcast and Verizon are TV companies as well as network providers. Comcast owns Time Warner; Verizon owns HBO. They are both massive conglomerates, and they hold monopolies or near-monopolies on networking in many areas.

shuntress 6y ago
Verizon the television channel curator should be enabled and encouraged to stop carrying harmful content. Verizon the broadband provider should make no determinations based on the content of any message they carry.