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Tech companies under pressure to ban far-right forum used for militia organizing - Guardian.

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Pressure is mounting on tech companies to ban MyMilitia, a website used by far-right extremists and armed groups to organize, after it was linked to threats of violence against US protesters and lawmakers this week.

On Tuesday, police arrested Brian Maiorana after he allegedly posted online threats targeting Chuck Schumer, the Democratic minority leader in the US Senate, and threatened to "blow up" the FBI. Maiorana is also alleged to have used MyMilitia, as well as an unnamed mainstream social media platform, to make threats to kill protesters and discussed building his own weapons, according to the complaint. Maiorana, a registered sex offender, is barred from legally purchasing firearms.

The arrest has put more pressure on internet companies that control the infrastructure supporting MyMilitia, including GoDaddy and Cloudflare to ban the platform from their services.
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Tech companies under pressure to ban far-right forum used for militia organizing

MyMilitia users have posted threats against protesters and lawmakers, and experts say it’s a dangerous recruitment tool
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Slayven

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Not going to do anything until there is a body count, probably not even then
 
DiipuSurotu

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"Pressure". You would think common sense and decency would be enough for any company to ban them but apparently not.
 
Rover

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This is exactly why "militia" is complete bullshit word and gives domestic terrorism a ton of cover.
 
1-D_FE

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Rover said:
This is exactly why "militia" is complete bullshit word and gives domestic terrorism a ton of cover.
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Well, there was no national military. So that's what our "army" was called. It's idiotic, however, in the sense you can't protect a state in the 21st century without nuclear weapons.

Has anyone ever sued to have the right to own nukes? Because clearly the 2nd amendment applies here. I'd wonder what kind of mental gymnastics the supreme court would use in declaring it illegal. They couldn't say the 2nd Amendment was superceded by the nationalization of our military, because that would throw the whole thing out. But the whole premise of the 2nd amendment is the security of the "state". How do you do that without a nuclear arsenal?
 
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