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Originally Posted by Conan
I couldn't agree more. They remove for fear of copyright infringement before they'll remove hate-speech. Tells you how much power copyright has these days.
Of course somebody could argue that it's an issue of free speech... to to them I say IT'S THE INTERNET. Anybody in the world can see and use it so free speech doesn't even need to apply. Of course that kind of thinking can easily turn dangerous/corrupt... it's a real dilemma.
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Not that I think the internet should be regulated to the extent of not being able to freely express your ideas using it, but assuming that it's a boundless entity to which all people are entitled and not affected by law is kind of unrealistic. It's not like a case of committing crimes on international waters. All aspects of what makes the internet the internet are governed in an operational extent by the locale in which the web servers, routers, connection links, infrastructures, etc. are governed.
Just because anyone in the world who has access to the internet can use it as a communication medium doesn't mean that a country's policies regarding it don't apply.