got me thinking of a real good move i havent seen in a while... HMMMMM
Im sure a fine fella like gator45/70 has seen this one
Free State of Jones
Just watched that a couple weeks ago. Good movie.
got me thinking of a real good move i havent seen in a while... HMMMMM
Im sure a fine fella like gator45/70 has seen this one
Free State of Jones
By golly antiqued that I am I do have the DVD
One great job by Mathew
So, Godaddy kicked AR15.com off the webz? Wonder who’s next? Is this the beginning of the end for gun enthusiast sites?
I thought AR15.com had made arrangements to fix this.
Anybody got links to the real story?
It appears they are down for the count
Straight from the horses mouth
I thunk he said goats mouth. Good to here they have a plan. Sounds like a Red Flag op to shut them down.
Ar15.com still rocking and rolling
Ah, I see they’re back up now. I couldn’t get anything to come up at the time I posted that.
Every free person in this country has a God given right to speak their mind and that should never be taken away.
So, what happened? Did GoDaddy actually decide to stop hosting them or was it a glitch? I didn't watch the video and am asking for a TLDR/TLDW.
Why did GoDaddy suspend services to AR15.com?
On January 8, we received a complaint regarding certain content on AR15.com. Per our policy, our team investigated the content in question and confirmed it violated our terms of service because it incited violence. On that same day, we notified AR15.com that they had 24 hours to remove the content, or their domain name would be suspended. AR15.com responded that the content had been removed, yet when we checked to confirm, the site showed the content still live. Accordingly, we suspended services on January 11.
Although we informed AR15.com they had 24 hours to take action, we actually provided them with 53 hours to remove the content. Again, because the content was not removed, we followed our terms of service and suspended services to AR15.com.
Does GoDaddy plan to take the same action with other gun sites?
GoDaddy supports a free and open Internet. We do not take action on complaints that would constitute censorship of content that represents the exercise of freedom of speech and expression on the Internet. In instances where a site goes beyond the mere exercise of these freedoms, however, and crosses over to promoting, encouraging, or otherwise engaging in violence, as was the case with AR15.com, we will take action.
Nobody's rights are being taken away here. And this has nothing to do with socialism or communism.
GoDaddy is a privately owned company. It can host whichever websites it chooses to host. And while I haven't read their hosting terms and conditions, I suspect that there's some verbiage in there that allows them to terminate a hosting account at its discretion. The owners of AR15.com presumably agreed to those terms and conditions when they contracted GoDaddy's services.
A little civics lesson: first amendment protections for free speech apply to the government, not to private individuals and private companies. In other words: the government can't censor your speech, but a private company most certainly can.
Put differently: I can stand on the sidewalk (public property) in front of your house and say what I want to. But as soon as I step onto your private property, I'm bound by your rules. If you don't want me to say what I'm saying, then you have every right to tell me to stop.
Lastly: let's say that you owned a web hosting company. And let's say that a gun control group wanted to host their website on your servers. Do you want the first amendment (vis-a-vis the government) to force you to host their website?
Mike
right....The timing of things is what I pay attention to . ARFCOM has been around for decades . Only now has their content become an issue .
The timing of things is what I pay attention to . ARFCOM has been around for decades . Only now has their content become an issue .
Specific content that happened to pop up around this time.
You mean like gay rights forcing a bakery into bankruptcy because they refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding? Choose your battles.
And while you’re at it, keep believing it’s all just private and personal choices that drive events like these.