Re:Reddit Welcomes Michael Seibel to Board of Directors
by nexuist on Thursday June 11, 2020 @05:36AM
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What happened to Stormfront was due to them being involved in egging on mass shootings. You are free to say whatever you want but you cannot incite violence. Is that not the system working? They were not banned for being racists; they were banned for being killers.
Re:Reddit Welcomes Michael Seibel to Board of Directors
by TA0X6 on Thursday June 11, 2020 @11:25AM
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>What happened to Stormfront was due to them being involved in egging on mass shootings. You are free to say whatever you want but you cannot incite violence.
Promotion of hatred is not egging on mass shootings. Inciting violence is indeed illegal, but they were not taken offline due to that.
>They were not banned for being racists; they were banned for being killers.
Incorrect. They were not taken offline due to a order/warrant/etc. They were taken offline because it was politically expedient for their services providers to.
Even if it's your bank account, you're still using a payment processor. Even if that's your bank, they can also decide not to do business with you.
>To date I have never heard of anyone having their Internet cut off because their ISP did not like their political views. I am pretty sure neonazis are welcome to use all ISPs, from Comcast to Cox.
Google what happened to Stormfront. Not that I agree with their views, but their ISPs, registrars, etc. told them to pound sand.