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> The Pirate Bay and other torrent networks were built by people with a passion for building Also by people who know that what they were doing was straight-up
by koffiezet 6y ago
> The Pirate Bay and other torrent networks were built by people with a passion for building
Also by people who know that what they were doing was straight-up illegal in a lot of countries, and grey-area in a lot of others. So this was a real risk.
Parler on the other hand, at its core was just a social network, and if you look at the founders/owners, they have a very disconnected interpretation of "free speech", so they were clearly thinking nothing bad could happen.
- citizenpaul 6y agodisconnected interpretation of "free speech" Oh yeah whats that comrad?
- LadyCailin 6y agoThat saying “hey, let’s violently overthrow the government” isn’t a class of protected speech.
- jliptzin 6y agoAnd also, they are being thrown off the platforms of private companies, not being censored by the government, so it's actually not a free speech issue at all.