I don't mean it as a personal offense but I don't think you understand the heights of Googley culture. They are scalp-deep in SJW culture. All it took to get someone illegally fired internally was a bunch of looneys misreading a comment and telling management that it was racist and hostile.
Another one fired said people should be treated as individuals, not tribes. Do you see any problem with that sort of statement? It's fucking harmless, yet it got people in an uproar internally, resulting in the guy being fired and for internal HR to actually approve financial bonuses for the people who helped "out" the guy as a fucking naz or whatever (even though this one guy wasn't even a conservative). The trial is a class lawsuit, hinting that these are not isolated incidents either.
The point is: as everyone will see if this actually goes to trial, it appears that Google is absolutely unhinged at this point. May not be the most concrete example but take a look at
@AnOminous' comments in this thread... and I've always known him for being a pretty calm poster usually
If enough employees go to HR and start saying that Kiwi Farms is stalking them
because they're minority Google employees, it being true or not, there's actually a chance that it'll get enough internal traction to actually eventually force them to action - not because it makes any sense but because that's the type of company that Google is turning out to be, apparently, in 2018.
I'm not an expert, just saying I don't think it's very smart to poke the beast for the sake of weening.
(I'm writing this not only as a response to what you wrote, but also as a discussion point, so if it seems I'm discussing stuff you're already aware of that's not my intention)
I more understand your point since the USA Today article, however my opinion is that its so far unfounded and its not the first time a similar situation has risen in recent history:
"Censorship stems from a primitive belief in this country that there are certain words in our language that will corrupt you instantaneously the moment they are uttered into the atmosphere... That's like animism... It's so stupid that an idea like that persists in an industrial society."
Similar to Frank Zappa fighting against the recording industry over the morality of having music which has "dirty words" this is an argument about the simple usage of words. Absent there being legitimate threats against people's safety, there isn't any law that has been broken which means the only way to attack a site like Kiwifarms is try and launch an all out offensive against any similar website or forum.
My understanding of the law is that to threaten, slander or libel someone is a legitimate legal complaint. Merely talking about them or following what they do online and criticizing/praising it is not a violation of the law.
The difference I see between 8chan and Kiwifarms is that 8chan had a reputation for child pornography which made it a far easier target. Kiwifarms as a non-imageboard has a lot more staying power which means it affects things like search results a lot more.
Google itself is a company founded upon selling advertising. They've had several legal battles where they have worked hard to try and defend the concept of "safe harbor" which is something this website and almost every website on the planet relies on. If a provider is made to be liable for the content of its users, then its basically required to have people who monitor/approve anything that is published (which will only fuel the creation of spaces where such a restriction doesn't exist).
Ironically in this instance, Liz Fong-Jones is someone who has a history of being a Bitcoin user dating back to 2011. You may ask why I'm pointing this out, and how it is relevant and I'll answer. Bitcoin is an immutable beast that works independently of any government. It is effectively
impossible to censor.
A very similar debate came up when the AACS encryption key was discovered and shared online:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controversy
All you had to do was publish the following letters and numbers, and your website would be sent a DMCA notice and you'd be threatened with various lawsuits.
09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0
Liz Fong-Jones attempt at trying to shut down this website by misusing her work email account are laughable. I see Kiwifarms as one of the sites at the very center of the current debate regarding the limits of freedom of speech. Much like piracy websites, anyone that successfully shuts anything down will only lead the successor to be a stronger creation which has less flaws.
The flaw of websites like this one are that they have to be hosted on platforms which involve humans who react accordingly to complaints, threats and blackmail--Liz Fong-Jones, as a Bitcoin aficionado is
hopefully very aware of the next wave of internet hosting which will not involve humans and will not at all be susceptible to the complaints of anyone (Google employee or not).
Given my interest in technology and my recognition of Liz Fong-Jones arguments and attempts at shutting down this site as being positively exceptional, I will do the following:
https://spee.ch/
I will be posting a screenshot of a certain post by
@zedkissed60 which lead Liz Fong-Jones attempts at trying to shut down this site:
https://kiwifarms.net/threads/trans...ina-niraj-chaubal.23222/page-364#post-2049274
Great!
https://spee.ch/lizfongjones
Now the post is not only on here, but also hosted on a collection of hundreds of computers around the world! Liz had better get busy sending emails!
The great irony is that Liz actually contributed in part to the success of Bitcoin and made my above action possible:
THANKS LIZ!