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FBI To Use Ad Banners to Find Criminals

Posted by chrisd on from the flash-popups-to-follow dept.

PhuptDuck writes "Federal authorities are pursuing fugitive crime boss James 'Whitey' Bulger in cyber space under a first-of-its kind agreement announced Wednesday between the FBI and Web portal Terra-Lycos. With a presence in 42 countries and in 19 languages, Terra Lycos is known for the worldwide scope of its Web presence."

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  1. Does anyone actually look at them? by jonman_d · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I know I sure don't. I have most of them blocked, anyway.

    What's next, the government spamming us with wanted posters and ASCII pictures? Why don't they invest money in a medium which people actually pay attention to? See: Television Advertisements.

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    1. Re:Does anyone actually look at them? by tomzyk · · Score: 5, Interesting
      See: Television Advertisements.

      Not just advertisements... actual SHOWS. "America's Most Wanted" already does this. They put criminals faces on TV and the general public can watch the show and be constantly on the lookout for the criminals. From time-to-time (from what I understand... I don't actually watch the show) they put the FBI most wanted list on the screen too. I believe they also have the top 10 most wanted on their website as well.

      Television is a great medium to get this information out to the public! So is the internet. BUT, the good thing about TV is that if you don't want to watch it, you can turn it OFF. If they continue this activity with making deals with internet companies and put pop-ups/banners on everyone's screens, it just going to end up making a lot of people upset.

      If you want to get the info out, just put up a website. Internet ads are not necessary.
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