If the US blocks access to HRT, ADHD drugs, and SSRIs, I cannot begin to describe to you how much all of the tech sector will screech to a halt. The internet is built and maintained by trans people, people with chronic depression, and the neurodivergent.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/kennedy-rfk-antidepressants-ssri-school-shootings/
@evacide honestly starting to consider if we should refuse to route X as an industry
@interpipes @evacide I am very wary of any filtering or blocking. We have stood on a "free passing of packets" basis from the start.
It is the whole "free speech" vs "nazi" issue in some ways.
I also feel "we are too small to make a difference, but would lose customers", which is also an issue.
I mean, not ruling stuff out, honest. But we should, really, be passing packets and not politics wherever possible, I think.
As always, open to debate on such things. I am known for being tactless.
@revk @interpipes @evacide I would instantly stop using any ISP that decided it knew better than I did about what content I want to see.
@mart_brooks @revk @interpipes @evacide aye. My ISP has one job - put my packets on the internet and pass the back. Anything else, like email, DNS, deciding for the entire house what's allowed, static IP vs NAT,... should be totally optional.
@falken @mart_brooks @revk @evacide I’d worry less about your provider than the regulatory regime they find themselves subject to. I’d put money on x failing to comply with the absurd OSA so we’ll probably be obliged to block them soon anyway.
@interpipes @mart_brooks @revk @evacide X has more lawyers than #ofcom and can afford to tie up in court for years before paying a tiny fine and maybe making some minor change as well as generation of a mountain of paperwork
