Following the demise of Der Stormer, Stormfront has now been defenestrated from the net following a civil rights campaign. At last it has begun to sink in, in the past five years alone, Stormfront members have murdered close to 100 people. Thats putting aside terrorist plotting and incitement to racial hatred and violence. Unbelievably it's taken up till now for its host to recognise infractions of the its usage policy. The catalyst no doubt was that terrorist attack in Charlottesville, which has shone a beam of light on their actions.
The will be those who say that these sad people should not be denied a voice ( or car keys)(sadface) . Well I say bollocks to that.The era of harassment and incitement to assault, murder and genocide dressed up as "free speech" is over
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...-rights-action
There will be people who perhaps think that the First Amendment should allow such people an outlet, notwithstanding the odds that at some point one of its members will go on to do carry out their fantasies in lethal manner. Is there a convincing argument? And what should be done about Reddit?