GoDaddy has shut down Richard Spencer’s white supremacist site

Re:GoDaddy has shut down Richard Spencer’s white supremacist... by ddtaylor on Monday May 07, 2018 @09:00PM (#17017930)

> without the discretion of an entity like GoDaddy

There are lots of other domain registers, some in specific that specialize in free speech rights.

> What's more, even if you have the monetary means to buy an ASN and IPv4 space (which has a market value of about $4,000 for the smallest block you can announce)

Realistically someone could publish to IPFS and do CNAME redirects without a server.

> I wonder if a non-profit hosting provider that was bound by its constitution to host any legal content for anyone that could pay could be successful.

Reminds me of riseup, but that has a littered history as well.

Also there is Namecoin and .bit addresses. Not saying they work flawlessly, but the concept does solve this problem.

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Re:GoDaddy has shut down Richard Spencer’s white supremacist... by anfilt on Monday May 07, 2018 @09:24PM (#17018080)

Still we are talking about the underlining infrastructure here. While not versed in all the details of ICANN's policies I am actual surprised there no policy stopping a registrar from doing this.

I can understand hosting, but I think DNS records should held to higher standards. People don't like governments messing with the DNS system why should we give a private company a pass?

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