70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement
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70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement
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Re: 70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement
#2If this isn't just sensationalist reporting, then this is pretty bad. I wonder if it's related to the piracy crackdown that was recently announced by the White House.
Re: 70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement
#3If this isn't just sensationalist reporting, then this is pretty bad. I wonder if it's related to the piracy crackdown that was recently announced by the White House.
The spokesperson said it wasn't a copyright thing; it sounds a little extreme for that anyway. I'd rather not speculate on what it is though until we get more details.
Re: 70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement
#4If this isn't just sensationalist reporting, then this is pretty bad. I wonder if it's related to the piracy crackdown that was recently announced by the White House.
Not piracy:
A spokesperson for the company later told CNET that this case had nothing to do with copyright violations.
I wonder what it is.
Re: 70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement
#5If this isn't just sensationalist reporting, then this is pretty bad. I wonder if it's related to the piracy crackdown that was recently announced by the White House.
The spokesperson said it wasn't a copyright thing; it sounds a little extreme for that anyway. I'd rather not speculate on what it is though until we get more details.
Sorry, I missed that the first time I read through the article.
Re: 70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement
#6If the hosting company says that they can't name the agency and can't say anything about the nature of the claim, that immediately makes me think of a National Security Letter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter
"[A National Security Letter] is a demand letter issued to a particular entity or organization to turn over various record and data pertaining to individuals. They require no probable cause or judicial oversight. They also contain a gag order, preventing the recipient of the letter from disclosing that the letter was ever issued."
Re: 70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement
#7I am thinking that the subject might be child pornography, espionage or cyber terrorism. Should some of those blogs had some sort of method of communicating information with terrorists I do not see why the NSA would not shut the whole thing down.
I hate to be in the shoes of those 70000 people but from the article and evidence available right now this is a really serious matter.
Re: 70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement
#8If the hosting company says that they can't name the agency and can't say anything about the nature of the claim, that immediately makes me think of a National Security Letter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter "[A National Security Letter] is a demand letter issued to a particular entity or organization to turn over various record and data pertaining to individuals. They require no probable cause…
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Re: 70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement
#9If the hosting company says that they can't name the agency and can't say anything about the nature of the claim, that immediately makes me think of a National Security Letter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter "[A National Security Letter] is a demand letter issued to a particular entity or organization to turn over various record and data pertaining to individuals. They require no probable cause…
"The gag order was ruled unconstitutional as an infringement of free speech, in the Doe v. Ashcroft case." (same article)
Re: 70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. Law Enforcement
#10If the hosting company says that they can't name the agency and can't say anything about the nature of the claim, that immediately makes me think of a National Security Letter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter "[A National Security Letter] is a demand letter issued to a particular entity or organization to turn over various record and data pertaining to individuals. They require no probable cause…
derwiki replied to this comment by saying:
"The gag order was ruled unconstitutional as an infringement of free speech, in the Doe v. Ashcroft case." (same article)
For some reason, his reply is dead, but it seems like a valuable comment so I'm reproducing it.