Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer
by falcolas on Monday August 14, 2017 @04:17PM
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> only so far as you're free to set up your own server and host your own site
Where? Your bedroom? You can and will be blocked by your ISP. Colo? Private facility and network interconnects. Outside the country? Blocked at the borders, or you have to register with a US company (.com is managed by a US company, as is .net; .org is a global company but still incorporated in the US).
Plugged directly in to the backbone? You can still be shut down by Level3 and its ilk (or by the terminating ISPs).
In short, I disagree that even by hosting your own site you can still avoid censorship by private companies.
Where? Your bedroom? You can and will be blocked by your ISP. Colo? Private facility and network interconnects. Outside the country? Blocked at the borders, or you have to register with a US company (.com is managed by a US company, as is .net; .org is a global company but still incorporated in the US).
Plugged directly in to the backbone? You can still be shut down by Level3 and its ilk (or by the terminating ISPs).
In short, I disagree that even by hosting your own site you can still avoid censorship by private companies.