I wish the news articles would be more specific about what was considered to be “too risque.” Has any of them talked to a teenager, lately? Or listened to a group of them? The word “risque” is so-o-o-o out-of-date… The level of knowledge of the modern youth would absolutely flatten any conservative adult!

On the other hand, the site owner gets to set the rules. When you buy your space, you set your own rules. But when you get free use of someone else’s space, they get to tell you what’s what.

Even having your own server, you’re not 100% censor free if you’re dependent on an outside connection. Either from incoming censorship, and outgoing censorship.

Last year, Telus blocked its ISP customers from access to Telus employee union sites. Ostensibly, this was because the sites “showed pictures of people crossing the picket lines” - which, even if it were true, suggests to me a court solicited cease and desist order, and not wide eyed net censorship. As a customer I was a bit offended that they’d decide what I was allowed to see. I wrote a letter of complaint, but it seems their ability to pick and choose our internet is contractual. Which is a little alarming, especially since my server uses a Telus connection.

Worse, the whole subnet went missing: not just the specific IP to the union site. I imagine the other sites in that range weren’t happy.