Fucking hell
CW: kiwifarms, death, suicide, harassment
Wow, absolute shit take from the EFF.
@mp3 Imagine a white women calls the cops on her abusive husband. In response some not-very-wise individual calls the women in question pro-police brutality/ pro-prison/ a racist bitch. That is the type of justice/ progressivism rules absolutists like EFF over here operate on.
I agree with the EFF’s argument. I also have no problem with the actions taken by that ISP.
Completely agree with everything this person iterates.
In case anyone missed it, the thread about the EFF post is over here
Net neutrality has been debated for decades and, as the EFF apparently still has to remind people, the entire thing conceptually goes out the window once it becomes acceptable for ISPs to start blocking content on their own volition, even if you happen to completely agree with the block. After some time building blocklists of generally understood to be nasty sites, ISPs with large entertainment interests will block piracy sites. Internet archive? Blocked. Blog which writes something nasty about them? Block. Anarchist Fedi community? Etc. That’s what the EFF is warning about.
It’s garnering popular hate just as EFF themselves predicted, but the case they made in their original article is absolutely valid.
It’s unfortunate that the “victim” in this case turned out to be KF that everyone would rightfully be glad to be rid of; their despicable nature and the hostility they have cultivated buries away the main concern the article was trying to highlight - ISPs should not be the ones passing judgement on which website gets to live. That power should only reside with government authorities, and that too with strong checks and balances. This is setting a horrible precedent that will come to bite you back in the ass, I wish people would look past the banned site just this once and notice what the hell they are booing against.
Some actually good videos if you need to detox your head:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MAbab8aP4_A
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yts2F44RqFwYes it is true kiwifarms is on tor. But their reach is smaller than before. How is that not better.
It’s also funny how people are talking like the banning of marginalised communities does not already happen.