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Gab is now being kicked off the internet
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:19 pm
It's comical that some people thought they would stop after just removing a few far right websites, just like some thought they would just stop at Confederate statues. Silicon Valley must be stopped.
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Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:21 pm to Jump High
How do you get into the domain registry business?
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:21 pm to Jump High
Democrats/neo-regressives do not believe in free speech or the free exchange of ideas.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:21 pm to Jump High
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It's comical that some people thought they would stop after just removing a few far right websites, just like some thought they would just stop at Confederate statues. Silicon Valley must be stopped.
No what's comical is that you don't seem to understand that the free speech here belongs to the people who own the domain, not people who rent server space from them, and further this company is headquartered in Austria, so I'm not even entirely sure they have any guarantee of free speech.
The solution is, of course, simple. Host your own domain the way FaceBook does.
There is no violation of free speech here.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:23 pm to Jump High
Time to start RICO lawsuits.
Gab is just a legitimate up and coming competitor to Twitter and the internet big boys are trying to shut them down.
Any "sin" you can accuse Gab of, Twitter is also committing, cuz they are the exact same thing.
Gab is just a legitimate up and coming competitor to Twitter and the internet big boys are trying to shut them down.
Any "sin" you can accuse Gab of, Twitter is also committing, cuz they are the exact same thing.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:25 pm to IAmReality
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Any "sin" you can accuse Gab of, Twitter is also committing, cuz they are the exact same thing.
But Twitter pays penance by virtue signaling by banning accounts that post what they deem as hurtful speech. Gab don't GAF.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:26 pm to Scruffy
LINK
From the Onion, back in 2015.
It's more truth than satire at this point.
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As an institution of higher learning, we recognize that it’s inevitable that certain contentious topics will come up from time to time, and when they do, we want to create an atmosphere where both students and faculty feel comfortable voicing a single homogeneous opinion
From the Onion, back in 2015.
It's more truth than satire at this point.
This post was edited on 9/18/17 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:26 pm to IAmReality
quote:Gab had 215 thousand users. Twitter has 328 million. I think twitter has bigger issues to worry about than some tiny, niche "competitor."
Gab is just a legitimate up and coming competitor to Twitter and the internet big boys are trying to shut them down.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:27 pm to IAmReality
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Time to start RICO lawsuits.
Against an Australian company in Australia?
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:28 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
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HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
You're the one that doesn't understand free speech. If a group of non human entities can get together and decide what is acceptable and what isn't, they essentially control the 1st amendmant. If they can decide anything out outside of their window will be shutdown, you don't really have free speech. If they decide that exercising your right to free speech outside of their limits can result in you losing your job and career, and if that makes you too scared to exercise free speech, than you don't really have it. Even if it's not explicitly the government shutting you down, it's still the same principle. And if these few giant tech companies can do that, than no you really don't have free speech.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:30 pm to MrLarson
Who downvoted my common sense post? ignorant fricks.
Here's a question. How can a conservative argue both that a baker has a right to refuse to bake a **** cake AND that this domain registry doesn't have a right to refuse to serve GAB?
Of course the reverse also applies. If you both think it's okay for this domain registry to dump GAB and that bakers should have to bake cakes for gays, you are a stupid motherfricker.
This country is full of morons.
Here's a question. How can a conservative argue both that a baker has a right to refuse to bake a **** cake AND that this domain registry doesn't have a right to refuse to serve GAB?
Of course the reverse also applies. If you both think it's okay for this domain registry to dump GAB and that bakers should have to bake cakes for gays, you are a stupid motherfricker.
This country is full of morons.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:30 pm to IAmReality
I thought liberals at one time hated big corporations?
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:30 pm to buckeye_vol
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Gab had 215 thousand users. Twitter has 328 million. I think twitter has bigger issues to worry about than some tiny, niche "competitor."
How many users did Twitter have when it started?
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:31 pm to Jump High
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ou're the one that doesn't understand free speech. If a group of non human entities can get together and decide what is acceptable and what isn't, they essentially control the 1st amendmant.
Wrong moron. The First Amendment doesn't guarantee you can always say whatever you want with zero rules or limits.
It simply says the government will not interfere with your right to say whatever you want.
This isn't a free speech argument. Now if Congress passed a law forbidding GAB from operating, than you'd have an issue. But you aren't guaranteed a fricking spot on an Austrian server.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:32 pm to Jump High
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And if these few giant tech companies can do that, than no you really don't have free speech.
Are you saying that companies shouldn't have the right to host who they please?
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:34 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
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The First Amendment doesn't guarantee you can always say whatever you want with zero rules or limits.
It simply says the government will not interfere with your right to say whatever you want.
When these companies essentially become bigger than government and police the 1st amendment, then yes they are violating our rights and should be stopped.
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:35 pm to Dead End
quote:Not many. But it was a novel concept at the time, and has shown to be difficult to monetize despite its popularity. Regardless Gab is not a major competitor by any means.
How many users did Twitter have when it started?
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:35 pm to Jump High
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When these companies essentially become bigger than government and police the 1st amendment, then yes they are violating our rights and should be stopped.
By compelling private companies to host who the government tells them?
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:38 pm to buckeye_vol
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Gab had 215 thousand users. Twitter has 328 million. I think twitter has bigger issues to worry about than some tiny, niche "competitor."
Monopolies crush their potential competitors while they are still small and it's cheaper and easier to do so.
Waiting till Gab potentially grows big and then trying to crush them is much riskier.
This post was edited on 9/18/17 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 9/18/17 at 1:38 pm to northshorebamaman
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Are you saying that companies shouldn't have the right to host who they please?
I'm saying that up until Charlottesville, there had literally never been a website kicked off the internet outside of seizure from the FBI or court issued warrants for criminal investigations. And since the internet is now the #1 place where people express their ideas and exchange ideas, you can't have giant conglomerates deciding who gets to take part in that exchange of ideas.
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