[governance] US web host takes down Zimbabwean site to avoid a 'fight' over content

[Rui Correia]

From the Committee to Protect Journalists

A US web host has taken down the website of a Zimbabwean online political
newsletter citing it does need to be dragged into a fight.
"Steve Sydness, executive chairman of the Endurance International
Group<http://www.enduranceinternational.com/endurance/about-us.bml>,
the company that owns Powweb and dozens of similar small-scale hosting
providers ... confirmed that Rukuni's account had been canceled due to a
single dispute. Sydness said that felt that it was not Endurance's business
to host sites like Rukuni's: "Guys like us." he told me, "don't need to be
dragged into a fight between someone in Zimbabwe and someone in South
Africa." "

So, if that sets a precedent or becomes a norm, then - simplistically - all
it will take to bring down a site is to challenge the content and the host
simply rolls over and ditches the site so as not to be bothered!

The story here:
http://www.cpj.org/internet/2011/08/legal-protection-falls-short-for-zimbabwes-insider.php

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Rui Correia
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