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Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer by mike_hearn on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:32PM (#15011967)
Self-hosting doesn't solve free speech on the internet. The first person who doesn't like you will DDoS you off the net, and then you'll need to run and hide behind a service like CloudFlare. There are only a few such firms. If they've been pressured not to protect you because your opinions are deemed objectionable, then you effectively cannot publish online at all.

This is not a theoretical problem. After Quillette published the response of 4 scientists to the Google memo they were DDoSd off the net.

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Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer by lilyball on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:38PM (#15012037)
DDoSing is illegal, so I'm not sure what your point is. Saying "you don't have free speech because someone could do something illegal" isn't really an argument. You may as well say that someone could murder you, the only real difference is DDoSing is a lot more likely and a lot harder to catch the perpetrators.
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Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer by problems on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:42PM (#15012075)
There are indeed only a few such firms - but those firms are probably some of the most bulletproof in the entire industry.

BlackLotus hosted stormfront for years, CloudFlare hosts reams of controversial content - wikileaks, the pirate bay, 8chan, etc. They're practically known for it.

Currently at least, it's still quite possible to find a provider who will look out for their customers. In the registrar category there are a few providers who shine, DynaDot and EasyDNS have really gone to bat before.

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Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer by ardaozkal on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @08:47PM (#15024086)
Also they're still hosting daily stormer. Well, they got booted from their registrar so they're offline, but CF denied to stop hosting them.
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