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To merely have the machinery and precedent in place for the American ISPs to block any site is a very dangerous, Orwellian precedent. The decision is unlikely t
by cft 4y ago
To merely have the machinery and precedent in place for the American ISPs to block any site is a very dangerous, Orwellian precedent. The decision is unlikely to be appealed because the defendant is a foreign company.
This https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Polk_Failla https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Polk_Failla judge just did a lot of damage to American internet
- FridayoLeary 4y agoI don’t see why the judge should be blamed for enforcing the law as he understands it.
- AdrianB1 4y agoFor the understanding part? Misunderstanding the law, if true, can be a very good reason.
- cft 4y agoI am curious which law prescribes mandating the ISPs to block websites in the United States? Since it's the first time in 30 years since the first websites, it must be a new statue?
- eek2121 4y agoFor starters, those that aren't a party to the lawsuit cannot be commanded to follow the words of the court. He should know this. EDIT: Oh, and this ruling runs afoul of free speech.
- namlem 4y agoThe judge should be blamed for misunderstanding the law.
- hedora 4y agoIf we did that, then we’d have to fire a large percentage of Trump’s appointees, but they have lifetime appointments. I guess that means they’re legally above blame?
- throwmeariver1 4y agoJust stop trying to force Orwell into everything it’s cringe and most people like you don’t understand what it means.
- cft 4y ago>most people like you don’t understand what it means. Your comment is against HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.
- throwmeariver1 4y agoYou still don’t know what Orwell tried to convey to his readers… next time get the hard cover and read the intro and stop trying to convey that you are an expert on everything makes you look like a fool… in all your comments.
- cft 4y agoThis is also against the same HN guidelines. Not the right venue for ad-hominem attacks with zero information: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31156073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31156073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31134308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31134308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31057599 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31057599 etc
- throwmeariver1 4y ago