Imagine the outrage if a "traditional" bank did this? There would be hearings and investigations, but somehow PayPal gets a pass on this kind of behavior.
If they were truly interested in the children, they would organize a task force and authorize the money to go after the people who make child porn rather than blocking access to it. Oh but blocks has all the appearance of doing something without actually doing anything, passive agressive governance at its best
How is charging people with "crimes" like this not a violation of the First Amendement? While it definitly should be investigated and if there is a credible threat maybe there is a crime to be charged (i.e. possession of illegal firearms, bombs, etc), but as long as its just talk, isn't it a violation of the first amendement to charge them for speaking the threat, no matter how vile?
The go-to counter argument for this will be people stating "you can't yell fire in a crowded theater" trope. But if everyone in the theatre looks at you and tells you to sit down and shut up, have you really committed any crime? Same thing here, its just talk and when even the possible targets of the threat don't take you seriously, how have you committed a crime?
Remember, the IG report also reveals that a "programming error" meant that a ton of phone calls placed from Washington DC were "intercepted" by the NSA (because someone typed in 202, DC's area code, instead of 20, Egypt's country code) -- and that mistake wasn't reported. That doesn't seem "incidental" to me.
When programming applications, if data validation isn't included its not an accident, its either by design or lack of funds. In this case, the NSA probably spec'd the system to be as free from restriction as possible so agents have maximum flexibility in running their searches. Therefore the program was never intended to be restrictive and subject to oversight, instead the NSA planned the system to be as permissive as possible. Also, agents have to report the "accidental" search results, how come the system isn't automatically finding these kind of results and creating a report? Sickening...
I wish I had commented more on the Prenda activity posts, then I could sue this attorney for copyright infringement. How dare he use a person's copyrighted comments without permission in his case?
As a married adult without children, and no plans to have children, I want no scheme that interferes with my right to see distrubing, dirty, disgusting films (or any more bad 80s cartoon movies remade)! When will someone take into account my feelings on the subject and how these filters are going to deprive me of happiness?
Land of the Free (to get out before they blow their whistle) and Home of the Brave (who know if they blow a whistle their new home will either be a 6 X 6 cell or in another country)...
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If a bank...
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Interests of Children
On the post: NYPD Program Designated Entire Mosques As 'Terrorist Organizations' And Failed To Deliver Useful Data When It Mattered Most
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First Amendment
The go-to counter argument for this will be people stating "you can't yell fire in a crowded theater" trope. But if everyone in the theatre looks at you and tells you to sit down and shut up, have you really committed any crime? Same thing here, its just talk and when even the possible targets of the threat don't take you seriously, how have you committed a crime?
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Shocked...
On the post: Wacky NSA Slide Tells Agents Not To Worry About 'Incidental' Collection Of Info On Americans
System working as designed
When programming applications, if data validation isn't included its not an accident, its either by design or lack of funds. In this case, the NSA probably spec'd the system to be as free from restriction as possible so agents have maximum flexibility in running their searches. Therefore the program was never intended to be restrictive and subject to oversight, instead the NSA planned the system to be as permissive as possible. Also, agents have to report the "accidental" search results, how come the system isn't automatically finding these kind of results and creating a report? Sickening...
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Comments
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Statistics
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On the post: Obama's Response To NSA Surveillance: Some Minor Reforms & Transparency; Still Lacking Justification
Re: Mr Obama
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On the post: Loophole Shows That, Yes, NSA Has 'Authority' To Spy On Americans -- Directly In Contrast With Public Statements
Indictments...
On the post: Ed Snowden's Email Provider, Lavabit, Shuts Down To Fight US Gov't Intrusion
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On the post: FBI Increasingly Using Malware To Remotely Turn On Phone/Laptop Microphones
CFAA
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Rewrite the national anthem
On the post: Keith Alexander's Lobbying Calls To Congress Kicked Off With A Joke About How He Already Had Their Number
Blackmail
On the post: Maybe The Answer To The $200 Million Movie Question Is To Not Focus On $200 Million Movies?
Re: What?
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Sigh,,,
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