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Comment by komali2 | Hacker News Reader

What about when the USA sent super cops to rappel into Kim dotcoms house and kick down doors?

Dotcom was accused of doing things that are illegal in both the US and New Zealand (and around 200 other countries...). That's why New Zealand cooperated with the US's extradition request, including raiding Dotcom for the US.

He may not be the best example, but there are others who have been bitten by things as trivial as "routing data through U.S. servers" (including through a CDN).

So I guess the lesson here is: don't do that.

Or even merely using a .com TLD.

https://www.wired.com/2012/03/feds-seize-foreign-sites/

Kim should have chosen a different country. One that isn't so keen on letting the US raid their citizens.

I don't think such a country exists. The influence of American's empire, and its entertainment industry, is pretty vast.

Kim was already persona non Grata in different countries, accused of copyright infringement AND other serious crimes

He should have stayed in Honk Kong

Btw nobody could make you take down a link from a list if you host it in EU.

Not even DOJ It's perfectly legal and it's a protected right

And this is why maybe Trump can have one good effect: By causing other countries to distance itself from the US.

The unfortunate truth is that there are mostly only much more authoritarian countries to fill any leadership void left by the US. As flawed as it is, and as flawed as Trump is, European countries can only step up so much to keep liberal democratic societies as the global ideal.

Maybe it could also help Europe to unify better. I'm certainly hopeful.

My worry is that the current regimes of Russia and China are on the political upswing faster than the European experiment and struggling or young democracies in the developing world can stand the test of time.

Enthusiastic participation by America in upholding the idea of liberal democracy (even when it's imperfectly executed) can tip the scales.

The way that happens is by the head of the government reversing course as smoothly as possible from admiring and praising autocratic regimes to giving hope and comfort to democratic allies. Whether it's President Trump, Pence, or fucking Mark Zuckerberg doesn't make too much of a difference in that regard.

Russia and China come to mind.

Not exactly safe heavens for internet hosting.

safe enough for above adblocker lists

Sweden comes to mind too hosting WikiLeaks, so i am pretty sure some irrelevant ad blockers are certainly not big deal

Dunno, IPFS?

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