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Orkut Linked To Drug Ring Bust

Posted by Zonk on from the connecting-people-in-new-ways dept.

Dynamoo writes "Google's Orkut service has been allegedly used to sell drugs by a Brazilian outfit, according to a BBC news report. According to the report, the dealers offered pot and ecstasy for sale via the system to Brazil's large Orkut user community. Google is reported to be investigating. One interesting issue that springs to mind is: how can you monitor and moderate such a large, multilingual community such as Orkut? And what are the limits of criminal liability in a case like this?"

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  1. Duh! by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And what are the limits of criminal liability in a case like this? Gee, I don't know... what are the limits of liability for the phone companies, postal server, or the package delivery companies if they are used by drug distributors? I beleive the answer is "no liability whatsoever". Why do people think that everything is different if it's done on a computer?

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  2. Re:What is wrong with Marijuana? by 0x0000 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The Reagan administration also told us catsup is a vegetable. Now the same idiots think they can convince teenagers to stop having sex.

    People who trust everything the government says are fools

    While that was once true, times have changed. Nowadays people who trust anything the government says are fools.

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