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> 4chan hosts it's own server: — how could it?

ISPs could just drop their customers' traffic to that server. This happens all the time and has happened to 4chan before.

Or they could go further and refuse to peer with any ISP that doesn't block 4chan, or lobby to have the government compel ISPs to block it, likely on think-of-the-children or think-of-the-terrorism grounds.

Self hosting definitely isn't some magic way of preventing all censorship.



> Self hosting definitely isn't some magic way of preventing all censorship.

There is no perfect pill. People who self host have higher protections than those that don't.


My mobile internet provider actually did this for about a year after the New Zeeland shooting. Was quite annoying and I considered switching to another company because I quite enjoyed shitposting about bicycles on /t/


A coordinated effort by ISPs to ban a website will absolutely invite regulatory interest. If they can ban 4chan, why can't we make them ban [...]?


It already happens in the UK using the IWF list. Wikipedia was blocked for a while there due to it.


Just use VPN or Tor. My country blocks lots of websites, so VPN is routine thing for me. I recommend wireguard.


You won't be able to post on 4chan and probably many other anonymous communities while on vpn unless a friend of your sets it up from a residential ip.

With TOR you have to hire someone to fill captchas just to read things.


That's a decent workaround if you're technical and stubborn, but there needs to be a solution for this that's available for everyone with just a few clicks.




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