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Homeland Security shuts 84,000 websites
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[quote:sophist:MV8xMzY2MjM1XzIyNTQ1MzYwX0REQUZBODBG] And if it was YOUR blog that got shut down, with a banner implying that you were distributing child porn, for all your friends and family to see, you'd STILL be OK with this abuse of power. Stop grandstanding on the kiddie porn issue. Sure you're against it. You're against murder and rape too. Don't be such an obsequious idiot. [quote:AmericanJedi] Man, I have zero sympathy for kiddie porn. I'm sorry that's where my civil liberty meter falters. I grant you, there are times when people get unjustly accused, I understand that, but these were sites promoting child pornography, screw 'em in the neck. The fact the other 84K were inadvertently caught up in this is unfortunate. DHS gets one right in my book. Eradicate that crap. Just do a better job of using the technology. [/quote] [/quote]
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Shutting down websites which promote or disseminate child pornography is clearly a good thing. But not when 84,000 websites are dragged down with the 10 that are actually being targeted.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday announced it had seized the domains of 10 websites “engaged in the advertisement and distribution of child pornography.” The crackdown was part of Operation Protect Our Children.
However, the press release completely glosses over the fact that 84,000 other websites, innocent of any wrongdoing, were also affected by the crackdown. According to TorrentFreak, the huge error saw thousands of domain owners publicly accused of having links to online child pornography thanks to a banner that all the affected sites were redirected to.
It took two days for the error to be corrected, and a further three days for the banner to disappear completely from the sites. However, the ‘This domain name has been seized by ICE’ message is still showing up in search results.
Fucking fail.
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