ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awful It Is

Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by habinero on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @02:34AM (#37318431)

^ Kiwifarmer astroturfing. None of this is true.

Trans people are their favorite victims and have been for years.

The reasons for this are partially right wing culture wars, partially homophobia, but mostly because trans people are easy targets.

They're often extremely vulnerable to being doxxed, since er they may not be out to everyone. They tend to be young, emotionally vulnerable, and without a safety net.

Kiwis pick targets who can't fight back because they think it's funny.

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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by chonkerz on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @02:57AM (#37318575)

kiwifarms admin admitted to this too. he says that he seeks out mentally vulnerable people to harass because they make funny reactions when tormented. he calls them "lolcows". the first victim of the site was a severely autistic person. kiwifarms was originally called "CWCki Forums" after the first victim's initials

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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by Akronymus on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @03:56AM (#37318933)

> kiwifarms admin admitted to this too.

I have a hard time finding that, could you link me to it/a screenshot of it?

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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by chonkerz on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @04:46PM (#37328848)

It's on the kiwifarms homepage

>Lolcows are people with eccentric behavior who can be "milked" for entertainment.

the "milking" is harassment

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Re:ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech – No Matter How Awfu... by Akronymus on Friday September 01, 2023 @07:01AM (#37349165)

I took the milking as collecting info/discussing it, rather than harassment, as that is more in line with their stated policy of no contanct.

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