The Permissionless Catch-22 (opens in new tab)

Potential Attack Target Suppose some genre of conteent is under attack by powerful adversaries. Lets take political satire as a thought experiment in which powerful politicians are attacking sites and Web archives hosting it by sending bogus DMCA takedowns, suing for defamation, buying up their hosting platforms, getting their flying monkeys to flood them with spam, and so on. Below the fold I discuss the problem facing the defense. White Hats You and a few friends get together to fight back....