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1. consta+6z2[view] [source] 2024-12-17 16:50:15
>>buro9+(OP)
It is pretty clear that many European countries, EU or not, do not want individuals hosting websites. Germany has quite strict rules regarding hosting, the EU has again and again proposed legislation that makes individuals hosting sites very hard and the UK doing similar things is no surprise.

These governments only want institutions to host web services. Their rules are openly hostile to individuals. One obvious benefit is much tighter control, having a few companies with large, registered sites, gives the government control.

It is also pretty clear that the public at large does not care. Most people are completely unaffected and rarely venture outside of the large, regulated platforms.

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2. Elucal+WT2[view] [source] 2024-12-17 19:04:03
>>consta+6z2
> do not want individuals hosting websites

It's more about "accepting and publishing arbitrary content".

But, in practice, how hard is it to host a website anonymously? Or off-shore?

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3. consta+jU2[view] [source] 2024-12-17 19:07:06
>>Elucal+WT2
>But, in practice, how hard is it to host a website anonymously? Or off-shore?

Obviously it is trivial, but so is shoplifting.

Both are illegal and telling people to commit crimes is not helpful.

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4. tryauu+w33[view] [source] 2024-12-17 20:09:17
>>consta+jU2
What's illegal in hosting a website anonymously? I don't even have to provide my personal info to register a domain name, I can run it on an IP-address
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5. consta+A73[view] [source] 2024-12-17 20:36:54
>>tryauu+w33
>What's illegal in hosting a website anonymously?

In Germany it is straight up illegal. The UK law has provisions where a services has to name a responsible person or report specific things to the government. Obviously those can not be accomplished anonymously. In any case hosting a website anonymously doesn't work if you want to work within the law, any lawsuit against you will identify you.

> I don't even have to provide my personal info to register a domain name, I can run it on an IP-address

Which is totally irrelevant. I can also go into a store and take something without paying. The question is whether that is legal or not and what you need to do to keep it legal.

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