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Re:Historian suspended by Facebook after sharing document by... by ezoe on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @09:35AM (#28209661)
If you think about that old school ideal Internet, you also have to think about other ideal like everyone can start a server. It's not possible anymore. If you relies on VPS, it's no better than Facebook.

Sure, as an individual, you can afford a server hardware, but not the network. ISP is as same as Facebook.

Also, it's so cheap to DoS the server single person can afford. If you relies on CDN, that's another Facebook.

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Re:Historian suspended by Facebook after sharing document by... by mixedCase on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @10:03AM (#28209973)
I'm not as pessimistic as you are regarding VPSes. There are providers that care about free speech, but you'll almost only hear about them in a negative light because they host content from people with disgusting views.

There is also tech like IPFS or even Tor, which provide censor-resistant options.

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