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1. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2017 08:27:09 UTC Bob Mottram
   If domain registrars are blocking organisations because they call for violence then that doesn't just apply to neo-nazis. Governments often call for violence. Trump has done it many times.
   
   The problem of violence in society is wider than just some idiot far right people.
   • Stephen Michael Kellat repeated this.
   • Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2017 08:34:58 UTC Annah

     in reply to
     @bob It's a low impact way to virtue signal that doesn't actually address the problems they claim to be tackling.  This is pretty common in corporate PR.
     Stephen Michael Kellat repeated this.
   • Verius (verius@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2017 09:40:36 UTC Verius

     in reply to
     @bob http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/19/tech-firms-fight-hate-backlash-241807
     
     Tech firms are getting themselves in trouble because once you start blocking people for other things than required by law there will be ever more pressure to block people for other things. And then there will be ever more pushback on your role as the moral arbiter of the internet.
     Stephen Michael Kellat repeated this.