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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by tadfisher on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @01:05AM (#37317891)
You will have a very hard time convincing folks that KF should not be censored because they aren't as bad as other sites. As someone who doesn't frequent these places, I will concede that you may be right, but the point has sailed over your head and into outer space.
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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by richbell on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @01:19AM (#37317983)
> As someone who doesn't frequent these places, I will concede that you may be right, but the point has sailed over your head and into outer space.

I disagree.

The entire impetus behind getting Kiwi Farms removed from Cloudflare, having their domains revoked, having their phone numbers and registered agents cancel service, attempting to blackhole them from the Internet, etc. is that they are literally the worst website, so there is no need to feel bad or give them a fair "trial".

If such outrage can be wielded to completely deplatform Kiwi Farms extrajudicially, it sets a terrifying precedent for the future.

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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by vintermann on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @03:51AM (#37318895)
And also, you're not allowed to see for yourself. You must take on faith that KF is pure evil, if you want to look and see if they do anything that should possibly be protected speech, then you're one of them and must be banned too.
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