America's internet is splitting along party lines
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Re: America's internet is splitting along party lines
#2First 8chan, then Parler. Tomorrow it might be you.
At some point the service providers have to be able to stand on a utility status and provide equal access to all comers.
Re: America's internet is splitting along party lines
#3This article is confusing or confused. It conflates the people and companies that use the internet with the network itself, and then supports its argument that the internet is splitting by talking about what's going on with TV networks. There's a lot of division going on in America, but I think they've failed to see its shape.
Re: America's internet is splitting along party lines
#4First 8chan, then Parler. Tomorrow it might be you. At some point the service providers have to be able to stand on a utility status and provide equal access to all comers.
Just conveniently ignoring the content of these sites/services that gets them banned in the first place...
Re: America's internet is splitting along party lines
#5First 8chan, then Parler. Tomorrow it might be you. At some point the service providers have to be able to stand on a utility status and provide equal access to all comers.
Yep, but censors (on both sides) cheer for this, because it's not them... yet.. atleast not on 'that' platform.
Re: America's internet is splitting along party lines
#6First 8chan, then Parler. Tomorrow it might be you. At some point the service providers have to be able to stand on a utility status and provide equal access to all comers.
Just conveniently ignoring the content of these sites/services that gets them banned in the first place...
I don't understand this.
There are well-known arguments for not tolerating intolerant people.
Do those who advocate for tolerating intolerant people act in good faith, or are they simply part of them?
Re: America's internet is splitting along party lines
#7First 8chan, then Parler. Tomorrow it might be you. At some point the service providers have to be able to stand on a utility status and provide equal access to all comers.
Just conveniently ignoring the content of these sites/services that gets them banned in the first place...
If there's no 8chan to host the horse porn, who will?
Re: America's internet is splitting along party lines
#8First 8chan, then Parler. Tomorrow it might be you. At some point the service providers have to be able to stand on a utility status and provide equal access to all comers.
Just conveniently ignoring the content of these sites/services that gets them banned in the first place...
If it's illegal, the governments should take care to punish the reponsible ones via the court system.
If it's legal, the service provides should have no say.
This is like christan toll-bridge operator not allowing people to pass the bridge, if they drove in from the direction of a brothel.
Re: America's internet is splitting along party lines
#9First 8chan, then Parler. Tomorrow it might be you. At some point the service providers have to be able to stand on a utility status and provide equal access to all comers.
Just conveniently ignoring the content of these sites/services that gets them banned in the first place...
The article is documenting reaction to the banning; which is to create a parallel set of products.
Personally, this is no different than people setting up a rival newspaper or magazine that caters to a different POV. Eventually, the dominant platforms on both sides will regress to the content/banning mean.
Re: America's internet is splitting along party lines
#10First 8chan, then Parler. Tomorrow it might be you. At some point the service providers have to be able to stand on a utility status and provide equal access to all comers.
Just conveniently ignoring the content of these sites/services that gets them banned in the first place...
Twitter has just as vile content as anything you can find in the other cesspool. It just happens to overwhelmingly lean the right way politically, so is not only still around but treated as some legitimate source of news.