German Authorities Raid Home Looking For Wikileaks Info
from the transparency... dept
In just a short while, Wikileaks has proven to be both an amazing resource to reveal useful information and a massive thorn in the side of those who wish that info wasn't revealed (this includes, by the way, Wikileaks itself, which had to deal with some of its own private info that was leaked as well. However, you knew that eventually governments would start to look for ways to "deal" with Wikileaks -- and up first appears to be the German government. Authorities have apparently raided the home of the owner of the Wikileaks.de domain name. The claim is that the raid was supposedly for "distribution of pornographic material" and "discovery of evidence." The speculation (and, yes, at this point, it's still speculation) is that the raid had to do with Wikileaks recently publishing censored-site lists from various governments, which included certain porn sites those gov't's wanted censored, though it did not include any pornographic material itself.
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I may be wrong but...
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Here's hoping WikiLeaks doesn't back down and continues to prove just how much the governments of the world don't like being called out on their idiocy and hypocrisy.
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Do I a approve? Nope. It's sort of funny to think the only thing that could get them was pr0n.
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That which doesn't kill you
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so Germany having strong anti porn laws is a big shocker to me.
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http://news.cnet.com/CompuServe-manager-convicted/2100-1033_3-211618.html
It was overturned a year later - but it is typical of their view. Wikileaks posting a list of child pr0n websites would likely be pretty much in deep with local authorities.
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I thought everyone knew this.
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Discovery of Evidence
"Surely you must be doing something illegal since you are linking to porn, so allow us to break in and find something to charge you with"
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Don;t try to apply US mentality to another country's laws.
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Does it matter?
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Seems that those making a list of such sites in the first place would be guilty as well then.
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it's really quite funny to watch. But the guys running wikileaks should be a little brighter than that.
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Raiding wikileaks
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