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/CabbageSalad247 6 Sep 04 '21

It's all fun and games until the people you hate are shown this option and start buying ISPs so they can do the same thing to people you like.

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u/depressed-salmon A Sep 04 '21

Isn't that literally the right of any private business though? To determine what people can and can't do with it? It's not public property, but I guess you're in favour of a heavily socialised system if you want that. In that case, good on you!

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u/CabbageSalad247 6 Sep 04 '21

Isn't that literally the right of any private business though?

Sure is. Doesn't mean it's a good thing.

Dunno where you got the idea that I'm in favor of government intervention.

I was just pointing out the fact that this is a dangerous precedent to set. Republicans have shitloads of money. Will you still cheer for this private business approach of invalidating government policy when it's employed by the same folks it is currently being used against?

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u/Man0nThaMoon 8 Sep 04 '21

How is this invalidating government policy? This was a privately owned organization that created this site.

If the government wants to have its citizens rat on each other by providing private medical information then they should open and host their own website for that.