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> Moreover, they've gotten threats from their ISP that they have to delete certain posts or be shut down. (which seems scary to me) Have you never heard of the
by iso1631 6y ago
> Moreover, they've gotten threats from their ISP that they have to delete certain posts or be shut down. (which seems scary to me)
Have you never heard of the DMCA?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25682785 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25682785
Wikipedia was threatened for having B709D3A0CD2FEC08EAFCCF540D8A100BB38E5E091D646ADB7B14D021096FFCD on a web page.
ISPs are frequently threatening to disconnect customers who serve files, and sites that are large enough to have their own connectivity have had this for 20 years.
This one for example
https://slashdot.org/story/00/05/11/0153247/microsoft-asks-slashdot-to-remove-readers-posts https://slashdot.org/story/00/05/11/0153247/microsoft-asks-s...
"Under the provisions of the DMCA, we expect that having been duly notified of this case of blatant copyright violation, Andover will remove the above referenced comments from its servers and forward our complaint to the owner of the referenced comments. "
- typon 6y agoExcept in this case, this isn't a copyright violation. I have never heard of a case of a website being shut down by an ISP for advocating violence. If that was the case, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter or any social media platform wouldn't exist.
- iso1631 6y agoSo copyright violations are worse than advocating violence?