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http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-573247...e-a-crime/
Is this a hoax? I'm praying it is. According to this article the U.S. Department of Justice is going to argue that it should be given powers to prosecute violations of "Terms of Service" of any website on the net. They complain that withholding these powers from the DoJ often jeopardize prosecutions involving identity theft, misuse of government databases, and privacy invasions.
Of course, since EVERYBODY lies on the internet, then under that logic it would be considered a felony to lie about your weight and age on a website like Match.com, or use a pseudonym on Facebook. Bwuh??
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I've never lied on the Internet.
"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
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I stand corrected then
. The issue still stands, though, that when Facebook said in their Terms of Service that only people age 13 and above should join, they did not mean it to be construed that, therefore, underage kids who join FB can be considered felons. Discretion is key for unique usage circumstances on the web, and such a blanket ruling like the one they want leaves too much open; authorities can invoke it in whatever arbitrary way they want, no matter how unreasonable.
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me neither
,but Addy is right this sounds pretty heavy,wait until they put a national security angle on it and they might pull it off
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I'd like to see the big old meanie DoJ try and enforce that law in other countries -- there are a lot of us to invade, and some of us don't have any oil.
It could be worse
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I look forward to seeing federal agents trolling the annals of the sewer
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I'd like to see them trying to enforce this. However, on a personal level I am annoyed that people pretend to be what they are not (a site I am a refugee from had 'poets' with multiple avatars as when they were banned for violations they immediately created new identities and resurfaced to carry on their dastardly deeds).
I've never lied on the internet.
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This forum is quite the honest bunch
It's not just the lying, though, since there are lots of other things covered on websites' terms of service. For instance, in YouTube you're not allowed to upload videos with any copyrighted content, such as a section of a song.YouTube reserves the right to take the videos down and ban the user. This law will take that a step further, and make the violation of that rule a criminal offense... never mind if it was a first-time mistake by some fangirl who just wanted to post her favorite Lady gaga song, without reading the rules carefully enough.
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Generally speaking, these laws are intended to provide a basis for some distinct actionable goal. For example, The Patriot Act was presumably about national security, but in the end it was just another way for the government to snoop on us. In my opinion this is just an extension of that. The government has a way of constantly testing its borders. Its just a naturally aspect of power- it incites greed.
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yes,never enough
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