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I remember an article where a guy got a hold of the Finnish police's list of child pornography sites that were blocked at the ISP level by law. The guy decided
by mixmax 18y ago
I remember an article where a guy got a hold of the Finnish police's list of child pornography sites that were blocked at the ISP level by law. The guy decided to go through all the sites to see whether they were indeed child pornography, and he found that 95% of them were just normal porn sites operating legally. It turned out that the list bore resemblance to the US terror watch list insofar that it was primarily false positives, it seriously hurt legal companies, you got no notification of the fact that you were placed on it, and that it was almost impossible to get off it.
This begs the question: Who will guard the guards?
- njharman 18y ago> Who will guard the guards? The Free Marke.. Hahahahaha, jk. The People, like always. Unfortunately The People are typically dosing while on guard duty.
- omouse 18y agoWell the free market is made up of The People? I think that's close enough.
- hugh 18y agoUnfortunately even the most zealous of the "free market solves everything" advocates don't think that the free market can solve the problem of government regulation. Which is why free market types spend most of their time complaining about government regulation, the one problem the free market can't solve on its own.
- Prrometheus 18y agoCryptography safeguards free speech. Off-shore internet gambling companies work hard to get around US government restrictions. Tax shelters have been around for as long as there have been taxes. Hippies grow and sell pot on the black market. The Seasteading Institute is addressing the problem of geographical government monopoly. Freedom (sometimes) finds a way.
- thomasmallen 18y agoOh, the free market can solve that too, you just don't want to be around when it happens.