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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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How are personal websites actually helpful for private expression? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So, this might seem like a stupid question on face value, but I'll go further in detail.

Everyone talks about getting a personal website so you can freely express yourself without getting beaten up by typical Social Media companies. While I fully agree with that, there are a few issues I have thought of:

Firstly, (assuming self-hosting isnt an option) won't you have to use google or AWS to host your website? And if you post something "they don't like", nothing is stopping them from just ban-hammering your website.

Secondly, even if you get a stable host, getting a domain is a completely different issue with the same causes; they could just revoke your domain if, again, you say something "they don't like".

With all that being said, would anyone have any remedies for these issues? Are there any privacy/free-speech respecting web hosts and domain suppliers?

Thank you for your responses! :D

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Usually you pay a hosting provider like those you mentioned (there are several better choices) to host your website. This interaction and paying for service includes a contract and agreement between your parties. They have to honor that and can't just kick you out on a whim like a social media platform does.

But they have to abide by the law. Once you start committing crimes, they are obliged to terminate service.

I like uberspace.de They recently lost a court case because they refused to take down Youtube-DL's website. But there are lots of other super nice little hosting companies.