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There's always going to be something of a judgment call though. You might say "this content is against our TOS", but what if that content is in a book? At a boo
by bouncing 4y ago
There's always going to be something of a judgment call though. You might say "this content is against our TOS", but what if that content is in a book? At a bookseller?
You can think of many other examples, but the point is, if you think there's an easy-to-create and easy-to-enforce content policy on the Internet, I think you're mistaken.
- nemo44x 4y agoOf course and it’s a bit of a trap. They’d end up having to ban half the internet if they were consistent and non-arbitrary.
- googlryas 4y agoHalf the internet isn't forums devoted to stalking and harassing people. What exactly is inconsistent about their banning of services? Is there another site which is on their radar, which does what kiwifarm does, and they've come out and stated they will never ban them?
- google234123 4y agoHalf the internet probably includes porn and piracy.
- bouncing 4y agoHalf the Internet is indeed forums where bad behavior is taking place though. Reddit, for example, has plenty of bad (often illegal) behavior on it and the moderation is far from aggressive. You eventually go down the rabbit hole of gradations of moderation and "how much" moderation you'll require.
- sintaxi 4y agoI run a web publishing product with over 10M deployments. The easy-to-enforce content policy is this "Are we breaking the law by hosting this content?". Basically the answer for an ISP is always no until there is a takedown order from the courts which your are under jurisdiction, OR you knowingly are hosting a phishing attack intended to defraud unsuspecting members of the public, OR you are put on notice of content infringement via sworn affidavit under penalty of perjury. It really is that simple because ISPs are immune by default.