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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. Legalize It! by 0x0000 · · Score: 0, Troll
    MDMA is different and has been linked to brain damage by multiple studies I believe.


    Yeah. And a leading researcher smoked pot in the lab - after which he turned into a bird, flew into an inkwell, and became trapped, flying around and around for hours until he passed out from exhaustion.



    It was a government funded study. It must be true. I saw photostats of his lab notes....



    Ever watched Reefer Madness? It should give you a clue about where these "studies" are coming from ...


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