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> things that used to be resolved via society and community censure Hurricane declining to accept KiwiFarms' /36 into its BGP table is community censure.
by greyface- 3y ago
> things that used to be resolved via society and community censure
Hurricane declining to accept KiwiFarms' /36 into its BGP table is community censure.
- concordDance 3y agoAnd I think I agree that is the right level for this sort of thing to take place, even if I might disagree with both the specific decision and whether this sort of entity (monopoly level ISPs) should be able to make that decision.
- bluescrn 3y agoWhat is the 'community' in this case? The entire globe, all Internet users? On a local scale, 'community censure' may work well. But not so much on a global scale, where a few determined activists anywhere in the world have the power to get a person fired, take away various online accounts or services, or maybe even have their banking services removed, all over issues of 'speech', with no due process.
- greyface- 3y agoThe community of network operators exchanging routes over BGP. Get yourself an ASN and some IP space and join us! At the end of the day, the Internet is a collection of independent networks, interconnected voluntarily when there is mutual benefit to doing so.