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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 29-Nov-2018 08:53:04 UTC Strypey

   • djsumdog

   @djsumdog oh we're totally on the same page about domain names. I would argue that refusing a group the ability to register any domain name violates the UN Declaration on Human Rights, specifically the sections about free expression, and political and cultural rights. I would same the same about denying some an internet connection. But ...

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   • Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 29-Nov-2018 08:57:31 UTC Strypey

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     • djsumdog

     @djsumdog for me, the issue of hosting is more complicated, and CDNs even more complicated. I think people have a right to not let their own communication resources be used to promote things they consider not only factually incorrect, but ethically wrong. I think it goes both ways. Hosting companies owned by liberals shouldn't have to host fascist sites, and hosting companies owned by conservatives shouldn't have to host, say, abortion rights sites.

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   • Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 29-Nov-2018 08:59:58 UTC Strypey

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     • djsumdog

     @djsumdog I used to be involved a collective running an Indymedia site. At one point we had to introduce the ability to delete content from our site, because fascists had uploaded recruitment videos to our server via our #OpenPublishing server, and were using our resources to promote a cause we utterly opposed. I didn't believe we had any right to stop them publishing their views at all, but I also believe we had no obligation to help them do so.

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   • Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Thursday, 29-Nov-2018 09:05:27 UTC Strypey

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     • djsumdog

     @djsumdog but that was one tiny server run by some activists. What if the entire web hosting industry decided not to host, say, anti-abortion speech? I'm pro-choice, but I believe that people who are anti-abortion have the same right to express their views on the subject as I do. In fact, I think it's *healthier* when they do so, because people tend towards militance (eg killing abortion doctors) precisely when they feel their ability to speak and be heard is being actively repressed.

     Adonay Felipe Nogueira repeated this.