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 gsa4555   ( @gsa4555@lemm.ee )  to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech—No Matter How Awful It Is.

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ISPs Should Not Police Online Speech—No Matter How Awful It Is.

www.eff.org

 gsa4555   ( @gsa4555@lemm.ee )  to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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Entrusting our speech to multiple different corporate actors is always risky. Yet given how most of the internet is currently structured, our online expression largely depends on a set of private companies ranging from our direct Internet service providers and platforms, to upstream ISPs (sometimes...
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  •  Gamey   ( @gamey@feddit.rocks ) 
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    As always the EFF is 100% right, that’s not their job and their position of power is really dangerous if they try to do it!

    •  wewbull   ( @wewbull@feddit.uk ) 
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      Isps don’t want to do this, but governments force them to.

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        I don’t know how many other countries are in a similar situation but in Germany ISPs do it themself and aren’t forced at all…

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    Ethics aside, my ISP can’t even give me the speeds I’m paying for or a connection that doesn’t go down semi regularly. Who the hell would even think that they’re the ones to implement this from technical standpoint?

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    Title II them and call it good.

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