Published by Carolyn Yeager on Wed, 2019-02-27 22:14
IT
CAN NOW BE TOLD. The company that has hosted my server for the past 10
years without a problem took me offline without warning on Sunday
morning, Feb. 17. When I made contact with them on Monday, Feb. 18, I
was informed that 1&1 (recently become 1&1 IONOS) had terminated
my account. The best reason the “security” rep could give me was the
vague word “hate.” We're all supposed to accept that as meaning
something. He said they would send me a letter of explanation. Why
didn't they send the letter first?
The
letter that came contained the two “relevant” points from the Terms and
Conditions, to wit: thou “shall not contain or link to any material
which is harmful, violent, threatening, abusive or hateful.” Didn't seem
to be relevant to me - my site is mild and factual - but it's all in
how you define these words, right? It really came down to the most
important point: We're a private company, headquartered in Germany, so we
don't have to defend ourselves. They had received complaints, and that's
enough.
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