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Ask HN: Using GitHub as a censorship resitant social media network?
- hn_acker 2y agoCensorship resistant (maybe?) with the DMCA as a really large caveat? The RIAA managed to get Github to (temporarily) take down the youtube-dl repository [1]. The DMCA frequently gets abused to take down criticism [2] and cripple business competitors [3]. [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/github-reinstates-youtube-dl-after-riaas-abuse-dmca https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/github-reinstates-yout... [2] https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/04/square-enix-appears-to-be-using-the-dmca-takedown-process-to-silence-criticism/ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/04/square-enix-appears-to-b... [3] https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/11/vietnamese-duo-hit-with-injunction-after-117000-bogus-dmca-claims/ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/11/vietnamese-duo-hit-with-...
- r_sz 2y agoSorry fort the noob question, but I don't understand something: > Each channel is a GitHub issue inside a repository. > Repos are easily clonable (git clone https://github.com/user/repo.git https://github.com/user/repo.git), meaning anyone can create a local copy of all content. Is the issue trackers content accessible somehow through the git repository? I thought only the code is checked in to git.
- wiether 2y agoIt seems to rely exclusively on GitHub's issues. Which is not a standard, that's just how GitHub implemented their own ticketing system; a lightweight Jira. Therefore it's not part of the repository itself. If you clone/fork the repository, you don't get the issues with it. The link only exists in GitHub's database.
- akagusu 2y agoIs this serious? How using a service provided by a for profit company that must comply with the law and must shutdown a repository by court order is censorship resistant?