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Well, that would be improper, so I'm glad they haven't been.

Booting people off core infrastructure (IaaS, colo, DNS) for reasons outside violation of law is a very slippery slope.

Tell that to Gab / Parler / etc

They were removed strictly for (supposed) violations of law - what reddit hosts is, at the current time, unquestionably legal.

Gab/etc were accused of inciting violence, threats of physical harm, treason, etc. Reddit hasn't been accused of anything like that recently. Regardless of reality, infrastructure companies can make their own decisions on who is guilty and innocent.

Reddit without a shred of doubt has hosted and continues to host illegal content too. I bet you'd find a goldmine of illegal content if you scanned the smaller subs.

You're right about accusations though. It seems that accusation alone is the key factor in whether you remain on AWS. Doesn't aspire confidence in AWS, does it.

I agree, I even wrote some thoughts down about it at the time.

https://wannabewonk.com/gab-and-free-speech-on-the-internet/

The cartoon depiction of sex with minors is almost certainly illegal in many districts and countries.

Photos of the Tiananmen Square protest, arguments that Mohammed was not really a prophet of God, arguments that God doesn't exist, and maps that claim that the actual boundary between two countries are on one or the other side of disputed territory, are also illegal in many districts and countries.

Probably it would be bad if the only speech allowed on popular web sites were speech that wasn't illegal anywhere, or illegal in only a few places.

This isn't allowed on reddit though.

It is absolutely on Reddit in droves right now.

Are you sure? I'm on quite a few anime subreddits and they all explicitly state sexualisation of characters that are even canonically adults but have the appearance that someone could mistake as being a minor is disallowed. They are/were so heavy handed about it that there were revolts on a few of the meme subreddits, but nothing was changed as it was global rule changes, not sub specific.

While I can't really speak to this particular objection, it would be patently absurd for Reddit to be required to be compliant with all laws in all countries, that's just inane and a completely losing battle.

If a specific country outside of where Reddit's servers are hosted has a problem with it, then they're welcome to ban it.

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