Entrusting our speech to multiple different corporate actors is always risky. Yet given how most of the internet is currently structured, our online expression largely depends on a set of private companies ranging from our direct Internet service providers and platforms, to upstream ISPs (sometimes...
Like I said, I generally agree, but I’m also not arguing for giving Tier 1 providers those “powers.”
I’m saying the argument is weak because we’re not in any position for any of the real, offered solutions to be done successfully in any reasonable capacity. I’m not saying them doing that is the best thing, and it does set a bad precedent, but I’m tired of acting like there’s nothing we can do because we don’t have the perfect options.
The cops aren’t coming after these guys, and there is no political movement to create laws to address this. Which means, in the meantime, Kiwi Farms will not stop. Real people’s lives are being destroyed, and I think it kind of matters to them that we can’t wait for bullshit incrementalism, mostly because its their fucking lives.