Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service
by hope-striker on Monday August 05, 2019 @09:28PM
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Yes, but GP was specifically stating that no rights afforded by the United States government were trampled on in this case. This is, no doubt, censorship, but some questions are:
- did censoring 8chan significantly limit any sort of harmful behavior?
- is censoring 8chan "right"?
- does this merely hide the problem, preventing an open discussion?
- should CloudFlare, an entity with massive control of Internet infrastructure, really be acting as a moral arbiter? Or do we expect some kind of neutrality from them? Do our expectations matter?
- did censoring 8chan significantly limit any sort of harmful behavior?
- is censoring 8chan "right"?
- does this merely hide the problem, preventing an open discussion?
- should CloudFlare, an entity with massive control of Internet infrastructure, really be acting as a moral arbiter? Or do we expect some kind of neutrality from them? Do our expectations matter?