[bifrost]

It was over for me when the EFF advanced the charge of government censorship of the internet. The EFF had previously been a client of mine so I was somewhat familiar with how things worked and basically once Gilmore was out, it went downhill.

They did a lot of good work (much like the ACLU) but they are now honestly unrecognizable.

My old company donated around $3k/mo of services for almost a decade which in the grand scheme of things isn't a lot but we kept them online when other ISPs would've shut them off.

I've ceased donating to them and the ACLU because they no longer stand for freedom on or off the internet. My money now goes to groups that actively pursue the government for violating our constitutional rights.

[zbentley]

> groups that actively pursue the government for violating our constitutional rights

Could you share some examples?

[danem]

https://www.fire.org/

[bifrost]

Yep, great example.

[nullc]

not the ancestor poster, but you might want to check out https://fire.org/ and https://ij.org/

[vintermann]

What specific cause are you referring to here as government censorship of the internet?

[butterNaN]

> when the EFF advanced the charge of government censorship of the internet

Wait, when did this happen? What are you referring to here?

[bifrost]

When they supported the legislation called "Net Neutrality" which attempted to supplant the concept of actual net neutrality with some quasi government control of the internet. It would've enabled massive censorship on the internet, something that we've seen is a very very bad thing.

[noman-land]

Citations heavily needed.