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I think the harder we make it to operate the better. I think that to do otherwise is to imply a sort of approval, especially to that type of user, it allows them to spin conspiracy theories 'well, if they disapprove, why are we still here' cwarzel/1158142710366162945
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More than that, Cloudflare is, indirectly perhaps but still, a tool of amplification. Removing the capacity for a site to really amplify its message to many many visitors who are pointed to or find their way there, especially in a time of minimizing terrorist propaganda, is good.
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Beyond that, companies are empowered to take moral stances in regard to what they host. We should encourage them to do so consistently and support the expectation that they should think that way and be persuades by consumer pressure, regardless of end 'tactical' result.
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And you might say 'oh, but what if the other side applies consumer pressure?' But they already do. The terms are set. This is how the current world works. It just IS. And in this framework every moral victory is worthwhile.
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Finally, at the end of the day, withdrawing heavy-cache protection does have a real immediate impact on the speed and distance terrorist propaganda can spread. That is an immediate positive effect.
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It is definitely not "futile".
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In this world there are no longer any civil institutions capable of handling questions like society-deforming ones we now face. Corporations created this world to benefit themselves. But it also means they have no authority to offload morality to. Consumer pressure sets rules now
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If corporations don't like the increasing rate at which moral questions are put before them by consumers and the pressure they face for their answers, that's too bad. We can work together to build a different system, but not by pretending this isn't reality.
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In the meantime, consider hiring an ethics professional. Seems like the need for a well-reasoned answer by someone with in-depth training in reason, society, law and ethics is only going to increase.
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Exactly this sarahjeong/1158428556478648328?s=19
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Another excellent expansion on this: TarletonG/1158487336021385217?s=19