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Interseting/informative article! I feel like I haven't read actual journalism in a while! It has a strong point of view, and might be itself part of a campaig

Interseting/informative article! I feel like I haven't read actual journalism in a while! It has a strong point of view, and might be itself part of a campaign, but it's still telling me about the matter. I find it interesting that the risk curve around how permissive a host is. If they're not permissive, they're possibly going to take your server down at the slightest external pressure. If they're too permissive, they're probably hopelessly embattled and might themselves go bust. But what's the sweet spot? For me, I mostly buy nearlyfreespeech.net's shtick (though less so nowadays) and have used them for about 20 years now, but am always keeping an eye out for other tolerant/stable hosts.

ElCheapo 4y ago
To me the matter is very simple: If you are a hosting service and one of your clients publishes illegal content (perjury, child pornography, etc.) then either of two things happen: 1) If your client gets sued or investigaded for said content and you don't have their credentials, you are held responsible for the content they publish. You go to court and you get fined/arrested and forced to remove the content. 2) If you have your client's identifiable information then 2a) the client goes to court and he is fined/arrested and forced to delete che content 2b) if the client used fake credentials (fake passport, stolen credit card etc.) and you prove your good faith then you are only forced to take down the content.