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Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer by yahna on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:09PM (#15011672)
The washington post and new york times don't have a monopoly.

I'd also be fine if they dropped them from search. I'm not fine with them abusing their status as a domain registrar.

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Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer by dragonwriter on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:42PM (#15012085)
Google doesn't have a monopoly as a registrar, either.
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Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer by scottLobster on Monday August 14, 2017 @04:21PM (#15012486)
How is this abuse? Is access to web-hosting a right now? Going back to my newspaper example, you might as well say possession of a printing press is a right.

If I violate the terms of my lease I can be evicted. If you violate your registrar's terms of service your website can be shut down. This is not a new concept, not is it somehow special because it's "on the internet".

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Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer by ardaozkal on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @08:51PM (#15024099)
Daily Stormer reportedly violated ToS, though when I checked ToS yesterday, it was pretty clear that they didn't outright ban such content, but yeah, they aren't abusing it, they're enforcing the rules Daily Stormer agreed to follow but failed to.
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