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Re:GitHub Spam by arp242 on Sunday January 28, 2024 @06:33PM (#39171010)
Do you really want ISPs to be in the business of deciding what should and should not be on the internet though? That sort of thing typically doesn't work too well.

Deciding what is or isn't a "scam" is really a job for the independent judiciary. But getting a ruling is difficult and time-consuming, and also largely pointless because a new website can be created almost instantly, and there are many foreign ISPs where you can't get a ruling at all.

I don't really disagree with your basic premise that "disconnecting the bad actors' ISPs from the Internet" is the ideal solution, but this is far more difficult than your comment implies – almost impossible with how the internet currently works.

Re:GitHub Spam by gerdesj on Sunday January 28, 2024 @06:57PM (#39171208)
We are oh so close to a balkanised internet.

Thankfully, the powers that be outside of CN, RU and a few others haven't really gone to town on buggering up basic connectivity, yet.

Re:GitHub Spam by Eisenstein on Sunday January 28, 2024 @06:46PM (#39171124)
I think that the parent comment was referring to the days when ISPs were local or network services were provided by a school or a some other entity which had a vested interest in keeping their network clear of bad actors.