8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service

Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by matt-attack on Monday August 05, 2019 @02:32PM (#20616940)

> We wouldn't tolerate the existence of an Islamist site

Why? Think about what you're saying. Imagine equivalents:

1. We wouldn't allow cell phones that let terrorists communicate

2. We wouldn't allow roads that allow anyone to carry whatever contra-ban they want down them.

3. We wouldn't allow trains that allow just anyone to carry books on whatever topic they want.

4. We can't allow for air that allows two willing participants to communicate using sound waves.

The hubris to imagine that we dare have a say in whether a group of adults date to communicate with each other.

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by bobfromhuddle on Monday August 05, 2019 @02:38PM (#20617028)

The difference is that every single one of your counterexamples is something that society depends on.

Nobody depends on 8chan. 8chan is not comparable to "air".

This point is so incredibly banal that I'm surprised to find myself making it.

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by hokumguru on Monday August 05, 2019 @02:47PM (#20617172)

Indeed, but speech itself is is. I think OP's point was that free-speech is as fundamental a "air" and that everybody everywhere depends on it.

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by bobfromhuddle on Monday August 05, 2019 @02:55PM (#20617314)

And they're free to continue their speech elsewhere. Cloudflare and Voxility are within their rights to refuse service to a client on the basis that the client is persistently associated with terrorism and kiddy porn.

Why is that a remotely controversial statement? Nobody is suggesting that chan-tards should be rounded up for unamerican activities, and I'd be the first to speak against that, but CF don't need to tarnish their brand with 8chans bullshit.

They're free to withhold their support and so express an opinion.

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by saagarjha on Monday August 05, 2019 @03:51PM (#20618116)

> Why is that a remotely controversial statement?

Because Cloudflare used to say that they would never take anyone down, and now they have. I think it's valid to wonder if they'll be more willing to take down other content, and perhaps become a target by groups looking to restrict the spread of certain information now that they've shown that this is something they're willing to do. This also brings up the point of why Cloudflare thought this specific website was worth taking down, and not the other horrible things that they do support.

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Monday August 05, 2019 @04:25PM (#20618531)

It is funny. This exactly the argument put forth with 2nd amendment. No one needs all them weapons of wohr.

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by anigbrowl on Monday August 05, 2019 @04:26PM (#20618544)

Well, say you're cruising around the fringes of the web one day and you stumble on a forum where people are plotting to kill you. You, personally. What do you do?

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