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by kfnws 3y ago
That's very interesting. Do you think there may be a chance the AGO would interpret these definitions more broadly, or is this attempt by 1776 Hosting and their upstream providers to have this law invoked against HE just entirely futil
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by kfnws 3y ago
The water company was just one example of a utility that's mandated by law to provide impartial service to its customers. Perhaps a more relevant parallel can be found in telephone companies. Every day, people call each other and have
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by kfnws 3y ago
It's a matter of principle, similar to how your water company isn't allowed to cut off service if you say something they disagree with or if you host a bunch of people who say unsavoury things on your property. Also it's cons
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by kfnws 3y ago
It's about neutrality in general. This isn't anything new, here's an article from the EFF back in 2015 about how free speech is protected and censorship prevented by upholding net neutrality principles: https://www
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by kfnws 3y ago
I think we should not accept that premise, and instead require the backbone transit providers to uphold net neutrality. It's the same principle as water and electricity and other utility companies not being permitted to cut off service
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by kfnws 3y ago
The middle ground is upholding the principle of net neutrality, with the large transit providers maintaining freedom of information exchange rather than doling out extrajudicial punishments for speech they may deem undesirable.
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by kfnws 3y ago
Background post: > Hurricane Electric, one of the largest ISPs in the entire world, has blocked 1776 Hosting's IPs which very briefly (~2 days) was a way to connect to the Kiwi Farms. > Hurricane Electric admits that blocking
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Hurricane Electric censors entire IPv6 /32, WA State Attorney General involved(kiwifarms.pl)
6 points by kfnws 3y ago|26 comments