Comment by alexnewman
4 years ago
It sucks the legal system can’t move fast enough. We really need a way for the fbi to arrest the site operators more quickly. Of course, This is revolting content of the highest order but that really shouldn’t and doesn’t figure into the calculas.
This move was correct because it protects cloudflare shareholders. Taking the site down has serious downsides. It puts all of society at risk. Law enforcement now loses transparency on what is going on with these forums, whose connecting to it, how users are interacting with it. Driving these sites underground means they are more difficult to interdict and may ultimately increase danger and death.
Seems kiwifarms was prepared for this and already transferred to new infra at another dns I won’t name
What would you arrest them for?
Attempted murder, I only wished that sites were brave enough to keep them up and work with law enforcement rather than take them down out of fear of legal risk
Please look into section 230, one of the most important pieces of legislation for the internet in regards to hosting content from other users.
A website isn't liable for what its users post. Also, a website isn't liable for what its users do.
What? Of who, when and how?