Re:Cash/Consent: The war on sex work
by Smithalicious on Saturday September 28, 2019 @04:35AM
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8chan was not a "neo-Nazi platform". Neo-Nazi content made up a minority of content on the side, though it was a substantial amount.
So it was a neo-nazi platform, just not exclusively.
Re:Cash/Consent: The war on sex work
by imtringued on Saturday September 28, 2019 @05:57AM
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In the same way that anything is a neo nazi platform. Facebook, twitter and instagram have their fair share of those too.
Turn on "showdead" and you'll find objectionable content here too.
Re:Cash/Consent: The war on sex work
by Smithalicious on Saturday September 28, 2019 @08:20AM
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Only if you also consider Reddit a neo-nazi platform
No, it was a platform for free speech and sharing images, which happened to include discussions between national socialists. It wasn't a "Neo-Nazi" platform any more than YouTube is.
"Elliot Rodger's Retribution" was posted on YouTube. How is this situation distinct from the Isla Vista one? E.g., why should YouTube not be blockaded, other than for reasons of corruption and nepotism?
Even "progressive" companies like Cloudflare kicked us off with ZERO warning after Switter (a social platform for sex workers) was covered in the press (https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/19/17256370/switter-cloudfla...), but neo-Nazi platforms were were given detailed blog posts on why they were kicked off (https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-we-terminated-daily-stormer/ & https://blog.cloudflare.com/terminating-service-for-8chan/), and only after massive pressure from the community after people DIED. But a website where the goal is to increase safety for sex workers? Gone without warning.
It's bullshit like this that further strengthens our resolve to ensure that we (Assembly Four) continue to exist so we can continue to use our privilege to assist one of the most stigmatised groups in the world.
For more background on FOSTA/SESTA, why we started Assembly Four and Switter, see my article on Medium: https://medium.com/assembly-four/my-six-week-rollercoaster-r...