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There is another comment below saying the owner/moderator/whatever of Kiwifarms also works with "law enforcement organisations" on anything illegal on the site.

by cygx 4y ago

There is another comment below saying the owner/moderator/whatever of Kiwifarms also works with "law enforcement organisations" on anything illegal on the site. Not ones from New Zealand, though: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-shootings-website-kiwi-farms-refuses-to-surrender-data-linked-to-accused/YYMW2OF5GE3C7EYAMJAPSDANKI/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-shootings-...

flumpcakes 4y ago
Yeah, the guy comes across as a massive [expletive] in that article. It reminds me of the piratebay "F U" emails from decades ago. It seems to me that a lot of Americans or American Companies (and Swedish pirates) ignore other countries' jurisdiction. Edit: just reading into this and New Zealand apparently wanted to take legal action (up to ten years in prison) against any New Zealand citizen who simply watched the video on Kiwifarms forums? That's astonishing.
- DuskStar 4y ago
  > New Zealand apparently wanted to take legal action (up to ten years in prison) against any New Zealand citizen who simply watched the video on Kiwifarms forums? Sounds like the owner was right to say "go fuck yourself" then.
- viridian 4y ago
  This is how I (and I'm sure many others) first heard about kiwifarms, the NZ govt threatening to arrest citizens for even watching footage of the shooting. I was running a little warrant canary meta-service at the time (since the EFF let theirs lapse) and asked Josh Moon if I could implement theirs as a part of my service. Never got a response from him, or it got caught in spam. Heard about them again when they hosted the twitch source code and revenue leaks, and now a third time with all of the cloudfront stuff. Hosting content like this is always a big gamble, I'm sure Moon knew this was always a possibility.
richbell 4y ago
> Not ones from New Zealand, though: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-shootings-website-kiwi-farms-refuses-to-surrender-data-linked-to-accused/YYMW2OF5GE3C7EYAMJAPSDANKI/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-shootings-... While his reply was incredibly edgy and immature, I'm don't think this is a compelling example. The NZ police wanted information on people discussing the shooting after it had already occurred.
amadeuspagel 4y ago
Yeah, not ones from Saudi Arabia either. It's an american website, and in that context working with law enforcement means working with american law enforcement.

by cygx 4y ago

flumpcakes 4y ago

Yeah, the guy comes across as a massive [expletive] in that article. It reminds me of the piratebay "F U" emails from decades ago. It seems to me that a lot of Americans or American Companies (and Swedish pirates) ignore other countries' jurisdiction. Edit: just reading into this and New Zealand apparently wanted to take legal action (up to ten years in prison) against any New Zealand citizen who simply watched the video on Kiwifarms forums? That's astonishing.

DuskStar 4y ago
> New Zealand apparently wanted to take legal action (up to ten years in prison) against any New Zealand citizen who simply watched the video on Kiwifarms forums? Sounds like the owner was right to say "go fuck yourself" then.
viridian 4y ago
This is how I (and I'm sure many others) first heard about kiwifarms, the NZ govt threatening to arrest citizens for even watching footage of the shooting. I was running a little warrant canary meta-service at the time (since the EFF let theirs lapse) and asked Josh Moon if I could implement theirs as a part of my service. Never got a response from him, or it got caught in spam. Heard about them again when they hosted the twitch source code and revenue leaks, and now a third time with all of the cloudfront stuff. Hosting content like this is always a big gamble, I'm sure Moon knew this was always a possibility.

richbell 4y ago

> Not ones from New Zealand, though: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-shootings-website-kiwi-farms-refuses-to-surrender-data-linked-to-accused/YYMW2OF5GE3C7EYAMJAPSDANKI/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-mosque-shootings-... While his reply was incredibly edgy and immature, I'm don't think this is a compelling example. The NZ police wanted information on people discussing the shooting after it had already occurred.

amadeuspagel 4y ago

Yeah, not ones from Saudi Arabia either. It's an american website, and in that context working with law enforcement means working with american law enforcement.