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He created/operated a platform with the primary purpose of facilitating the sale of drugs. He profited from those transactions. That makes him a drug dealer.
by sbarre 2y ago
He created/operated a platform with the primary purpose of facilitating the sale of drugs. He profited from those transactions. That makes him a drug dealer.
Comparing Meta and Google to Silk Road is a bad faith argument. You might as well compare Silk Road to the phone network at that point.
- xyzzy9563 2y agoThere were many other items and services sold on Silk Road, it wasn’t just drugs.
- amarcheschi 2y agoAccording to wikipedia [1], 70% of the products sold on silk road were drugs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace). wikipedia uses as reference https://web.archive.org/web/20160407165324/http://gawker.com/the-underground-website-where-you-can-buy-any-drug-imag-30818160 https://web.archive.org/web/20160407165324/http://gawker.com... and https://web.archive.org/web/20131012012106/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/22/silk-road-online-drug-marketplace https://web.archive.org/web/20131012012106/http://www.thegua... plus, at least ebay, amazon, big tech comply or at least sometimes comply with the law banning some products which can't be sold or advertised