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LiveJournal Says Users are Responsible for Content of Links

Posted by samzenpus on from the who's-to-blame dept.

Many of you might remember the previous story about LiveJournal erroneously deleting hundreds of users as suspected paedophiles, spurred on by pressure from the group, Warriors for innocence. Since then, they've been taking action against users hosting material on their servers that they believe to be illegal. Today, LiveJournal management have demonstrated a serious lack of understanding in how the internet works, declaring that users are responsible for the content of the webpages that they link to in their blog entries. A user points out the obvious flaw: "I get ToS'd because the link's been redirected to a page full o' porn, even though context clearly shows that when I originally put up the link that it didn't actually land on a page of porn?" One wonders how such a long-established blogging company can be so ignorant about the nature of the world wide web.

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  1. Re:None of which... by martinX · · Score: 4, Funny

    You misspelled a word. It's spelled "knobs".

    --
    When they came for the communists, I said "He's next door. Take him away. Goddam commies."
  2. Re:None of which... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    These Warriors for Innocence are a bunch of bible-thumping altar-violated nazi feminist who have no idea how the internet works, and for them to have put that much pressure on LiveJournal for them to turn into them, is a freaking joke. LiveJournal will soon collapse, and they will most likely look back at how they listened to a bunch of nobodies who think they know how to protect little children.

    I went on their site, and found that their site alone was not work safe. Hypocritical bastards.

  3. Re:The way I got booted? by CmdrGravy · · Score: 2, Funny

    FBI: EvilKenny72, you own a website containing illegal content, we'd like to talk to you right now.

    EvilKenny72: I Russian, hah hah good lucks with your prosecutions Yankie.

  4. the swiftboating of cutegirl184u by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    1) Have catfight with bitchy girl-from-school on LJ
    2) Send link to photobucket pic with ZOMG KITTENS
    3) Wait for her to link it...annnd....change pic to ZOMG GOATSE
    4) Report her to LJ
    5) Re-create her old LJ name
    6) Steal rich boyfriend
    7) Profit!

  5. Re:No right to protection from stupidity by Atragon · · Score: 4, Funny

    You say we "don't have any" rights when at K-Mart? This is false on its face, and anyone can see it. If you walk into K-Mart they have no right to bind and gag you, nor to handcuff you and throw darts at you for entertainment, nor to forcefully take a blood sample.

    Well crap, so much for that business plan...