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Re:Google's stance on neo-Nazis 'dangerous', says EFF by colanderman on Friday August 18, 2017 @09:34AM (#15045937)
If music streaming services should not be free to police their content, what about text hosting services (i.e. forums)? What about record labels, should they be forced to sign acts they find offensive (protected classes aside)?

Not arguing one way or the other but "music streaming services" is not too different from many other services which people expect to police content.

Perhaps considering whether the company holds a monopoly or near-monopoly on that media gateway is relevant.

Re:Google's stance on neo-Nazis 'dangerous', says EFF by corobo on Friday August 18, 2017 @09:38AM (#15045969)
They absolutely should be free to police their content. They should be free to police the content, not external pressure.

Bear too in mind they are removing content. Before this blew up in the media, did they have a problem hosting the stuff they're now removing?

Re:Google's stance on neo-Nazis 'dangerous', says EFF by notahacker on Friday August 18, 2017 @10:34AM (#15046514)
The external pressure comes from public outcry. Fewer people paid attention to neo-Nazis a week ago, hence fewer questions about the stuff they hosted.

I'm not convinced there's an argument that the right of a political cause to have its music distributed by a particular company trumps the right of a company not to distribute it or the right of the public to pressure the company into not distributing it.

If one is to impose upon on the freedom of actions of media distributors or the potentially-boycotting public (I'm not sure the latter is even possible), there had better be something pretty amazingly special about the cause that means their right to be heard trumps others' rights not to be the amplifier. I'm not sure any remotely compelling argument exists for neo-Naziism being a cause deserving of such special privileges or music distribution services being the sort of thing one should have an inalienable right to.

Re:Google's stance on neo-Nazis 'dangerous', says EFF by OscarCunningham on Friday August 18, 2017 @10:26AM (#15046448)
I'd say that streaming services should be legally free to police their content, but that they shouldn't police their content.

Just as I think that songs should be legally free to espouse racism, but that they shouldn't espouse racism.