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It's not the fact that infrastructure gets shut down it's the reason and scope. No Snail-mail on Sunday is unrelated to people using it for illegal purposes.
by d0ne 15y ago
It's not the fact that infrastructure gets shut down it's the reason and scope.
No Snail-mail on Sunday is unrelated to people using it for illegal purposes.
Public roads being shut down, even for crime fighting efforts, is not the same as 'shutting down' Facebook or Twitter for your citizens. The proper analogy would be 'Someone was hit by a drunk driver and we believe more drunk drivers will illegally use the road so no one is allowed to drive on any roads for any reason.'
- tedunangst 15y agoThe point I was poorly making was that the powers that be will likely weigh the costs and benefits of shutting various things off, and the perceived cost (negative impact to innocent parties) for disabling twitter is probably so low it barely registers.