The Electronic Frontier Foundation issues a warning to companies banning hate groups
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has a message for the tech companies that have been banning hate groups — be very careful.
The EFF, a nonprofit that focuses on "defending civil liberties in the digital world," published a post on Thursday night that warned against the precedents set by the ongoing crackdown by major tech companies on websites like The Daily Stormer, a message board popular among the far right, including white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
"All fair-minded people must stand against the hateful violence and aggression that seems to be growing across our country. But we must also recognize that on the Internet, any tactic used now to silence neo-Nazis will soon be used against others, including people whose opinions we agree with," wrote EFF staffers Jeremy Malcolm, Cindy Cohn, and Danny O'Brien. Read more...
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