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Re:Is there room for principled takes on moderation? by rvz on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @08:28PM (#32744915)
> Simple example is the kind of targeting that has happened on Gab and Truth Social and Hatreon, etc. Payment services shut down, hosting denied, domains unregistered, etc.

They were all crying, and throwing a tantrum here when OnlyFans, got de-platformed from Instagram, VISA, Mastercard and many just replied: 'they can choose to do business with whoever they want to' which is true. Same with the YouTube demonitization events, or Ukraine's 'Come back Alive' Patreon account de-platformed; pointing to the ToS violations. In all cases, it means that it can happen to anyone and their is zero viable alternative, unless they wait for cryptocurrencies / stablecoins to be fully regulated.

So for now, the respondents on both sides of the argument just didn't like the 'private company can choose to do business with whoever they want' answer. It doesn't matter.

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Re:Is there room for principled takes on moderation? by cowtools on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @09:05PM (#32745201)
This infrastructure should not be dependent on the whims of private companies. In the case of KF, they ought to switch to Tor. In the case of OF, they ought to switch to cryptocurrency.
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