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My only question for Moot has always been this: How did he host the site on a pc in his room for years without getting into trouble with the law with all the d
by ionwake 11y ago
My only question for Moot has always been this:
How did he host the site on a pc in his room for years without getting into trouble with the law with all the dubious content being uploaded to the server?
- jusssi 11y agoMy guess is, visiting the site provides useful data points for PRISM and similar.
- chippy 11y agoThe article answers this question by saying that Moot has always fully cooperated with the law as far as possible, far beyond other social media sites. Just because users were anonymous never meant there was privacy.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago4chan had privacy. Just not from the law.
- debacle 11y agoIt's been widely assumed for years that 4chan is a honeypot.
- bunderbunder 11y agoFTFA: The Communications Decency Act, which gives immunity to webmasters and Internet service providers over members' content, protected him.
- justtopostthis2 11y agoIt was never hosted on a pc in his room, and had to change hosts many times early on because of the dubious content and massive traffic.