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the government seizes domains all the time. The idea of them shutting down websites because of terrorism isn't new. 'National Security' overrides free speech in
by kart23 6y ago
the government seizes domains all the time. The idea of them shutting down websites because of terrorism isn't new. 'National Security' overrides free speech in the 21st century. The facilitating crimes angle can easily be used as well against a rowdy online community.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-seizes-domain-names-used-foreign-terrorist-organization https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-seizes-domain-n...
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/united-states-seizes-27-additional-domain-names-used-iran-s-islamic-revolutionary-guard https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/united-states-seizes-27...
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/california-operators-myredbookcom-website-arrested-facilitating-prostitution-and-money https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/california-operators-my...
- brobinson 6y agoOP is talking about stuff like stormfront.org which is still up after like 20+ years. Your examples are terrorism and prostitution/money laundering. The federal government can't do anything about sites like stormfront.