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It might be a possible minor win for privacy - if collecting certain information might mean that you know that your service somehow assists illegal activity, th
by ThrustVectoring 9y ago
It might be a possible minor win for privacy - if collecting certain information might mean that you know that your service somehow assists illegal activity, then one defense against it is not collecting that information.
- rayiner 9y agoAs noted below, this bill would be an absolute (much deserved?) disaster for websites that police content. Such websites can't hope to avoid the "knowing" prong.
- bilbo0s 9y agoIt's more serious than that. Legally speaking, if the cops show up and tell you that a user is using your site for X, or Y, or Z, then from that point on... you know that your site can be used for X, or Y, or Z. How that knowledge impacts your liability in the event there are others using your service for similar ends, is not at all clear to me given the wording of the Act in question. It's kind of a "Notice, Knowledge, and Privilege" thing. And that gets really tricky in federal court.
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- cft 9y agoKnowing may come from a user complaint. After a single valid complaint, one may argue that the site is on notice.