The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors

Re:The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors by mcguire on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @02:10PM (#15240954)

"Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

I assume you'll be filing suit against Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and The Economist for failing to publish your articles?

Seriously, I would bet that "impart information and ideas through any media" doesn't mean that you have the right to use others' equipment, venue, and name.

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Re:The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors by talmand on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @02:49PM (#15241370)

Except for maybe when you paid for such access beforehand?

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Re:The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors by cr0sh on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @04:13PM (#15242150)

Just because you pay for something, doesn't mean I have to continue to sell it to you.

Now - if the Daily Stormer paid for services, and wasn't refunded their money after their access was pulled, that's one thing.

But if the money was returned to them, and they were told "We won't sell you this service any longer, because you have violated our terms of service" - then the company offering the services are free and clear to do that.

If the DS wants to continue broadcasting their speech, they are welcome to set up their peering services, dns providers, and DDOS prevention and CDN services themselves. And, if someone violates their terms of service, they are just as free to stop providing services to them.

But companies aren't required to give someone a bullhorn to amplify their voice.

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