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1. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 11:05:52 EST HN Tooter

   Cloudflare Might Be Exploring a Way to Slow Down Ajit Pai's Home Internet Speed
   https://twitter.com/eastdakota/status/933490344624304130

   (submitted by sus_007)

   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 13:50:34 EST lnxw48a1

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      @alpacaherder Though that's exactly what ending Net Neutrality is about, CF might find itself in real hot water for that. Not to mention spooking their (paying and non-paying) customers.
      1. Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 15:03:46 EST Stephen Michael Kellat

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         @lnxw48a1 @hntooter It is time for a renaissance of FidoNet and UUCP.  FidoNet is still on the decline in the US but still lives in Russia.
      2. Not impartial (partial@sealion.club)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 14:03:11 EST Not impartial

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         @lnxw48a1 @alpacaherder @hntooter isn't that the same company that put out some statement after removing the daily stormer's site? "Prince explained in an internal email to staffers that he doesn’t think CEOs of internet companies should be in the position of policing content on their networks—he told Gizmodo he thinks that’s a job that should ultimately be left up to law enforcement if the content violates the law—but felt pushed to act because the operators of the Daily Stormer are “assholes.”" https://sealion.club/url/1484397
         1. Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 15:07:48 EST Stephen Michael Kellat

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            @partial @lnxw48a1 @hntooter When tech CEOs go into Lex Luthor mode like this, it is time to say goodbye to “The Internet” as we *knew* it.
            1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 15:19:03 EST lnxw48a1

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               @alpacaherder @partial @hntooter Agreed. As CEO of a major Internet infrastructure company, his response should have been "I'm certain that kind of behavior is illegal. If it isn't, it should be." Then he should have left it at that.
               1. Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 15:49:45 EST Stephen Michael Kellat

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                  @lnxw48a1 @hntooter @partial But when a part of the populace feels it *must* #resist at all costs, things like this are rationalized away.
         2. Bob Mottram (bob@social.freedombone.net)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 15:38:50 EST Bob Mottram

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            @partial @alpacaherder @lnxw48a1 @hntooter Cloudflare are also assholes. They're the biggest MiTM attack on the internet. The nefarious potential of the system they run is enormous, and it's probably only a matter of time before it gets exploited.
            1. Stephen Michael Kellat (alpacaherder@quitter.se)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 15:50:59 EST Stephen Michael Kellat

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               @bob @lnxw48a1 @hntooter @partial Weeks?  Days?  We have a valley of tech CEOs in California who think Lex Luthor was too timid.
            2. yukiame🖕Quantum_Yuki (yukiame@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 23-Nov-2017 15:53:33 EST yukiame🖕Quantum_Yuki

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               @bob @partial @hntooter @lnxw48a1 @alpacaherder and they also block Tor those fuckers