Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are removed

The posts in question are frankly pretty awful, but this does kind of put the lie to the idea that if you don't like FaceGoogleBook's censorship you can just set up your own website.

Re: Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are removed

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Post by zajd » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 7:40 PM UTC

sadris wrote: post #4

In which the left now suddenly no longer supports network neutrality.

Ahh yes, multinational corporations worth hundreds of billions, also known as the left. Insightful.

Re: Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are removed

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Post by eli » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 7:40 PM UTC

sadris wrote: post #4

In which the left now suddenly no longer supports network neutrality.

This is not relevant to net neutrality as the phrase is traditionally defined.

Re: Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are removed

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Post by amyjess » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 7:41 PM UTC

sadris wrote: post #4

In which the left now suddenly no longer supports network neutrality.

Nobody on "the left" has ever argued that companies can't have a terms of service that prohibits bad behavior.

Net neutrality has always been about preventing the companies that control the last mile for consumers from extorting additional money from server operators that are already paying their own ISP for bandwidth.

Re: Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are removed

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Post by sadris » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 7:42 PM UTC

zajd wrote: post #6

sadris wrote: post #4

In which the left now suddenly no longer supports network neutrality.

Ahh yes, multinational corporations worth hundreds of billions, also known as the left. Insightful.

The only two other comments in this thread are saying that this is "good".

Re: Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are removed

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Post by smt88 » Thu, Aug 09, 2018, 7:43 PM UTC

makomk wrote: post #5

The posts in question are frankly pretty awful, but this does kind of put the lie to the idea that if you don't like FaceGoogleBook's censorship you can just set up your own website.

There are literally thousands of hosts other than Azure. Worst-case scenario, they could run their own servers or use a colocation service.