This article from the EFF seems naive at best. They argue that Tier 1 ISPs should not police speech, which is fair, but their proposed solution is to just let hate sites sit around and radicalize people, then have the law deal with the few who cross the line between protected speech and criminal harassment.
Below is an extensive list of all the times 'just throw more cops at the problem' has solved anything:
Can someone explain employee stock options to me? I recently encountered them for the first time, and my understanding is they're not equity. It's basically just a contract that says "you can buy some of our stock if you want". So the part I'm confused about is, why do I need stock options to buy the stock? Since startups are private and their only way to raise money is via outside investment, wouldn't they want people to buy their stock? Why do you need the options and can't just say, phone up and just ask to buy shares?