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by dna_polymerase 2795 days ago
Joyent is a private company, they can choose to refuse doing business with anyone they like to, I think this was confirmed (by supreme court) a few weeks ago when some baker refused the business of a gay couple. (That decision is protected by the same first amendment that Gab claims to be protecting! Brilliant really.)

However, for everyone looking to host at Joyent: Beware they might cancel on you, too. And giving a company 2 days notice is far beyond comprehension. I wouldn't want to deal with this. I think it's really poor business standards.
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jbarciauskas 2795 days ago
It doesn't seem like this scenario should make you nervous unless your platform is a venue for discussing genocide.
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dna_polymerase 2795 days ago
There were many cases in which hosting companies decided to terminate accounts for whatever reason. And that's generally not a big problem, but 2 days notice on a weekend is just outright shitty behaviour. I can understand Joyent trying to cut ties to Gab, but seriously guys, give them time to migrate.
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jbarciauskas 2795 days ago
11 people died and this is where you want to make a stand?
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syshum 2795 days ago
No that actually was not confirmed at all by the US Supreme Court which ruled in favor of the Baker is very very very narrow technical grounds based solely on the comments/action of the Civil Rights agency that issued the fines. The 1st amendment did not factor into the case at all really.

Please try to actually understand the law before commenting on a legal position.

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