Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer

Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer by kareldonk on Monday August 14, 2017 @05:15PM (#15012985)

This is not offering your house for it. That would be if google was actually hosting their site on its servers. In this case it's a domain pointing to their content. As a registrar Google is serving the public and I doubt you can deny someone this service in a moral sense. Can a doctor deny to treat them if they end up in his office for serious injuries? What if all registrars deny them, is it morally right to effectively erase them from the internet for simply expressing their thoughts?

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Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer by _jgvg on Monday August 14, 2017 @05:53PM (#15013337)

> As a registrar Google is serving the public and I doubt you can deny someone this service in a moral sense.

Actually, you can deny anyone except protected categories.

> Can a doctor deny to treat them if they end up in his office for serious injuries?

Yes, the doctor chooses not to treat patients with the illness or injury you suffer from.

> What if all registrars deny them, is it morally right to effectively erase them from the internet for simply expressing their thoughts?

Nobody is being erased from the internet. Also, they can open their own registrar system.

So no, there's no obligation for Google, or any other registrar, to host their information.

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Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer by kareldonk on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @03:09PM (#15021338)

I hope you dont end up in an emergency hospital with the only doctor who can help you refusing to do so because he doesnt like you for some reason.

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Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer by ucaetano on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @05:29PM (#15022808)

So do I, but that doesn't change reality.

And a hospital might fire a doctor for refusing to treat you.

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Re:Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer by kareldonk on Thursday August 17, 2017 @08:19PM (#15042307)

"Having made that decision we now need to talk about why it is so dangerous. I’ll be posting something on our blog later today. Literally, I woke up in a bad mood and decided someone shouldn’t be allowed on the Internet. No one should have that power." http://gizmodo.com/cloudflare-ceo-on-terminating-service-to-...

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