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>In more recent years, Kolmoisoppi has moved on to fund Njalla, a privacy-centric domain name registration service. One he says was already asked to host Parler, and refused.

>“Of course we wouldn't,” Kolmisoppi said. “We're pro human rights, which includes the right to not be killed by extreme right wing terrorists.”

Why do I see this embarrassing justification so often? It doesn't make sense to equate speech with violence.

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You think it's a mistake to compare death threats to violence? Or a mistake to compare organizing terrorist attacks against the government to violence?

It also doesn't make sense because terrorists would obviously be using encrypted channels primarily, not some shabby public plain text forum. And most organization would be on Facebook, with orders of magnitude more users and better tools.

You are simply uninformed.

It is well documented that ISIS recruited people through Facebook and Twitter, and even YouTube.

Remember: before the terrorists get those encrypted apps, they need to be radicalized first. That step is done on public social networks, where network effects help spread their message to a receptive audience.

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