He is mainly concerned with the speech of Russian citizens, especially if they are being critical of himself or the Russian government. If this website became very popular with anti-Putin activists in Russia, maybe he would take issue with it. But even then, he could just block it at the ISP level in Russia rather than try to get it shut down for everyone. That appears to be the main form of online censorship in Russia. https://news.engin.umich.edu/2019/11/how-russias-online-censorship-could-jeopardize-internet-freedom-worldwide/

I don't he think minds it much if people in other countries criticize Russia online. If anything, he might like it when Americans are excessively critical of Russia because that fuels division in the US. Liberals talk a lot about Russia being a threat and Conservatives are sick of hearing "Russia, Russia, Russia".

Russia's preference for instability in the US is part of what makes them a safe host for a mostly English speaking free speech site. They'd be happy if some kind of civil war and/or revolutionary war happens here, so they would be fine with Americans calling for violence against politicians or using racial slurs. That sort of speech is the main kind that has gotten free speech platforms in trouble so far.

That is true. I don't think Putin is a fan of free speech though.

Doesn't the first amendment exist?

Yeah, but too many companies are afraid to stand up for it because they don't want to deal with the backlash from a very vocal minority it appears.

From what I've seen of Parler it's just republican talking points and bible quotes. I've seen more vile content on reddit and Facebook.

yea but inciting actual violence defeats the purpose of a peaceful protest

It only gives Russia more control. Pretty weird. Doesn't the first amendment exist?

What a fucking waste of tax money.

Parler doesn't quite look like they're ready for prime time again. Their homepage is a bunch of quotes.

Why would you expect peaceful protests to work in that scenario though?

The point of peaceful protests usually is to say "hey, look at all these people who are going to vote out candidates who don't do what we want and vote in candidates that do what we want". But if voting itself is rigged, then that is not a proper threat.

Trump supporters already had multiple peaceful "stop the steal" type protests prior to the 6th and showed up in large numbers to Trump rallies that happened after election day.

Every peaceful protest has this implicit underlying threat, and it is part of why peaceful protests work. "Look at all of the people who will be pissed off and might cause disruption or do something violent if you don't listen to them".

If the first threat (voting people out) is not a serious threat anymore, then we are only left with the second threat as leverage. Now, there are ways to cause disruption without violence and that is more moral. Examples would be a refusal to work or pay taxes in masse. But it would be very difficult to get enough people to participate. People felt that it was very urgent to save the republic and that is why some were motivated to take more drastic actions.

Keep in mind, most of the people who stormed the capitol were engaging in an act of non-violent civil disobedience. There were people at the front who fought with police but the vast majority of the people who went in just walked in after the police had already stood down or retreated further into the building.

Sounds like better news for the users privacy than US hosting.

Quoted in the article:

Raise your hand if you understand the very significant impact this has on the ability to surveil and target insurrectionists who organize on Parler.

— Chris Vickery (@VickerySec)

I'd rather be spied on by Russia than the US government for sure. Russia has no interest in oppressing me and they're on the other side of the globe. I guess the worst thing Russia might want to do with the info is influence me with targeted political ads or something.

Not sure why they wouldn't just host it in the USA. Certainly there are datacenters or providers operating enough private rack space in one who'd take them on. They'd be a pretty big client and the media and the social just mob will forget about them eventually.

yes. peaceful protests are what should be done

Most (not all) of my stuff is through internet.bs, though I'm not sure how much they inject politics into their operations. Good company though in my experience, as far as just providing service goes... Nice office next to Cable Beach in Nassau, Bahamas as well.

Uh oh. I have a domain registered under Epik. I don't care for Epik deciding to have opinions about what their customers are up to. What are some domain registrars who honor free speech?

Most of them didn't do it simply because their guy didn't win. It's because they believe the election was illegitimate. If Trump won this election and you sincerely believed that it was due to fraud, would you consider it unjustified for people to storm the capitol?

More reason to utilize alternative networks.

Fake and gay.

This reminds me of this satirical article I saw.

https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-to-be-digitally-edited-out-of-the-apprentice-reruns/

reloading is a great idea, however, really hard to find primers right now.

Seems like a lot of other gear is out too. One of the shops near me seems to be more geared towards hunting and sport and they always have a large reloading section. Looked pretty bare last time I went in a month or so back to just window shop and shoot the shit since I was in the neighborhood.

reloading is a great idea, however, really hard to find primers right now.

tfw the schizos were right

the only difference is that the chip wasn't in the vaccine itself

Whoopsie!

I recently purchased a .50 Hawken flintlock and some bullet molds for it, so I might stick to that and my air guns for a while.

this is kinda funny

If your trying to argue against censorship its a waist of time. i am very against the censorship that has happened in the past week. its frankly disturbing that big tech can silence 50% of the country just because they dont agree. and your definitely right about the antifa stuff its disgusting how the media doesnt cover it.

Understand where they're coming from? I know exactly where they come from. For the left, it is ok to incite, directly call for, or even carry out violence. BLM and Antifa are responsible for over 30 deaths in 2020. Do they still have accounts on the major media platforms? What about all the people calling for white genocide? They still have accounts. Conservatives are banned by simply posting common conservative values. This is about silencing the opposition and deplatforming dissent.

Where do you think they are coming from?