Cloudflare DNS Must Block Pirate Sites, Italian Court Confirms
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Ironically the CEO of cloudfare explicitly and publicly recognised the danger the first time he did this, and then possibly forgot as they continued to do it as they preferred to be able to censor.
My own opinion is that it's necessary and often good to censor but it's worse to pretend and lie that you are some independent platform above such things.
It’s been a pain convincing companies to fund them though.
It is infinitely more likely wherever you are hosting your domain to shut you down vs. DNS.
There seem to be countless choices of DNS services, from big names like Google DNS, NextDNS and Adguard DNS to personal hobby projects, but in reality there are surprisingly few DNS services that are reliable enough for regular use.
The “legal site” you are referring to was the Nazi filled one that had the stated aim of trying to dox and harass minorities and kept a running tally of how many they could get to kill themselves?
That’s the one you are more upset about getting blocked?
It when you have to protect the rights of those who you find horrible that your principles are actually put to the test.
You failed that test here.
It’s good to draw lines in the sand otherwise you end up standing for nothing worth defending.
The argument was never to only defend things you agree with. That was something you just made up to reframe things so you could defend the Nazis and tell yourself you were actually just enlightened.
Meanwhile Americans say that they have the first amendment, freedom of speech, blah blah blah. But when you actually say what the law allows you to say then they will try to punish you anyway.
I hate this dishonesty and extra-judicial punishments. I prefer people who are honest.
It’s perfectly ok in a personal and professional sense to have your own standards rather than just throwing up your hands and saying “well it’s not technically illegal… in this country”
See where this is going?
I prefer clear rules for everyone not - we have freedom of speech, but we'll find a way to punish you if you say something some rich person doesn't like.
In actuality we are talking about an incredibly specific and concrete thing here which you don't appear to be really interested in trying to defend head on for what I assume are obvious reasons.
That is the problem with just relying on these jingoistic approaches of "let the courts deal with it". There are a whole bunch of scenarios where that doesn't work. You and I both know that which means we need other options.
We can talk about where the lines should be and under what circumstances but not doing business with Nazi's who have a history of real world harm without relying on a court order to legally prevent you from taking their money is not in the same league as any of the scenarios you are describing. The argument you are making really doesn't stand up to even the lightest of scrutiny the moment you start to get into the details.
See - it actually works. There's no Nazi party here. Nobody is marching with Nazi flags. And nobody is hosting Nazi sites.
So pass a law that criminalises Nazism like most European countries have done.
I prefer clear rules of what speech is forbidden and not having extra-judicial punishments for speech that is legal.
A German interior ministry report says a three-year-long review found 327 employees linked to right-wing extremism.”
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/5/13/germany-finds-h...
Your logically flawed arguments are also wrong on a factual level.
tbh sharing a hosts file with few friends and going back to talk(2) on a pubnix machine is a future i am looking forward to
For the rest 1% - `unbound` most likely is the answer.
Want something extra-fancy? https://pi-hole.net/
Valley companies, "European public" or others aren't the answer to your DNS needs.