Came here to post this. None of the arbitrary denial of service is new, it was just deployed against people without power. The right were completely fine with deplatforming sex workers through SESTA/FOSTA. I'm happy to see all the egregious machinery of things like the Patriot Act (unaccountable air travel blacklists!) being turned on the right for a change instead of just the left - because this time it's the right that's the terrorist threat.
I think it was only last week that we had somebody banned from github for simply logging in from Iran.
I think it was only last week that we had somebody banned from github for simply logging in from Iran.