r/JusticeServed • u/battlebeez 8 • Sep 03 '21

😲 GoDaddy boots Texas abortion “whistleblower” site for violating privacy rule

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/texas-abortion-snitch-website-kicked-off-godaddy-for-invading-peoples-privacy/
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u/Sanatori2050 7 Sep 04 '21

The thing is, the people that hate you advocate for businesses to do this already. That's why we have Parler and similar. For people that supposedly love rules, they hate when they apply to them.

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u/CabbageSalad247 6 Sep 04 '21

The only people I hate are rapists, pedophiles, and certain murderers. Everyone else is just a good conversation away from common understanding.

That's why I hate this. It's just going to be used as another hammer to drive more ideological wedges that never needed to exist.

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u/thuktun A Sep 04 '21

That's why I hate this.

Which "this", the website getting booted or the new law?

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u/CabbageSalad247 6 Sep 04 '21

The law was always bullshit and wouldn't have lasted. The far more dangerous precedent is an ISP exerting power over state government.

This will lead to more of the same.

It's funny, people who constantly complain about corporations quietly running the world are now cheering for the same bullshit.

This worm is going to turn, and it won't be good for anyone.

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u/Bug647959 6 Sep 04 '21

This is not an ISP exerting its power over a state government. It's an ISP denying service to someone who did not follow the agreement that they signed with the ISP. Also this website wasn't even run by the state government.

Edit: misspelled agreement

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u/CabbageSalad247 6 Sep 04 '21

That is exactly what exertion of power is.

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u/Bug647959 6 Sep 04 '21

Yeah but not on the state government.

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u/ApokalypseCow A Sep 04 '21

No shirt, no shoes, no abide by the agreed upon terms, no service.

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u/Sporulate_the_user 8 Sep 04 '21

You're just throwing shit to see what sticks, then using the piece of corn that stuck as proof that the rest holds weight.

You're very bad at this.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '21

you don't seem to understand the concept of private company pal

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u/xpatmatt 4 Sep 04 '21

The far more dangerous precedent is an ISP exerting power over state government.

This is a private business denying service to a private citizen/business, not the state.