I don't think private companies should be forced to host a platform for hate speech. Remember that hate speech is the enabler of hate actions. Even words have consequences. Those sites embolden people with extremist leanings, brainwash them into thinking they are not alone and that their radical views are almost mainstream and acceptable.
Give me a break with your First Amendment rights: freedom goes hand in hand with responsibility. You are responsible for what you write and advocate even online, especially when it can influence deranged individuals.
I run private companies too, if I find out that you use our hosting services for crap I will politely show you the door. This is what GD did. They didn't touch the domain.
Why not. There are rogue registrars that exist for the sole purpose of spamming.
Kate I get your point, but it's not just cut and dry as things move from the despicable to just the "I don't like that" category. First off let me be crystal clear I am against all extremist groups, of every kind, I have never been on the website GoDaddy turned away and wouldn't even link to it.
I think people are worried about things moving slowly astray, it always starts slowly, get rid of all the content that every, decent civil human being believes is abhorrent, everyone on the same page. Then it moves to well this guy has a vlog that he thinks men are superior to women when it comes to coding, ( I don't believe that) now he is not espousing or inciting violence, that's a misguided assumption on his part, imo but I do think he has the right to believe that, he does not have the right to discriminate against a woman if he is in the position where he can hire and fire. But if it's just his personal belief, I believe more people will see him as a fool and ignore him. But if a bunch of people at Google say, "Hey I hate this idiot, he thinks men are superior to women when it comes to coding, let's close his YouTube channel!" That's a problem, I know, I know it could never happen. Or could it?
We are slowly becoming a society that believes in Freedom of speech with an * needed, I believe in a person who believes what I believe having the right to Freedom of speech. Confirmation bias makes people feel warm and cozy, before we would at least hear someone and then say what an asshole, if we vehemently disagreed. Now there are large numbers who believe that speech must be stifled if it's against what they believe, again I am not talking about this instance, I hope everyone here is against Nazis. The concern for many is will this instance start the Penguin sliding off the slippery slope?
If you want people to give you a break with Freedom of speech well you are entitled to that belief, but there might be a time where someone says that with regards to something you want the freedom to express. The only people in favor of Nazis are Nazis, the rest of the world is vehemently opposed. But there are topics where many different ideologies could come into play and a domino effect takes place for shutting down freedom of speech. Just my opinion.