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GoDaddy Silences RateMyCop.com

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-mighty-suspicious dept.

mikesd81 writes "Wired is running a story about GoDaddy shutting down a police watchdog site called RateMyCop. However, GoDaddy can't seem to give a consistent answer as for why. From the article: 'RateMyCop founder Gino Sesto says he was given no notice of the suspension. When he called GoDaddy, the company told him that he'd been shut down for suspicious activity. When Sesto got a supervisor on the phone, the company changed its story and claimed the site had surpassed its 3 terabyte bandwidth limit, a claim that Sesto says is nonsense. "How can it be overloaded when it only had 80,000 page views today, and 400,000 yesterday?" Sesto says police can post comments as well, and a future version of the site will allow them to authenticate themselves to post rebuttals more prominently. Chief Dyer wants to get legislation passed that would make RateMyCop.com illegal, which, of course, wouldn't pass constitutional muster in any court in America.'"

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  1. it's kind of like that by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Troll

    who's a rat? site

    i forget the name, slashdot had an story abouth it here awhile back. that site that kept track of snitches and federal witnesses that also got shut down

    that site and this ratemycop site is not in any way an empowerment of the common man, it is an empowerment of the kind of constantly cranky loser you find in every small town, and it gives voice to the criminal element too: tracking cops, slandering cops, etc. it is not a control method over bad cops, it is a tool for slander and unfound rumor. it's a way fo rinternet trolls to spread lies

    the truth is, you have control over your cops: via your government. yes, there are those alientated from their government. for many reasons. many of those reason being the crank's own bad ideas and bad social skills. but if a cop is genuinely bad, the government will get rid of him or her eventually, through regular channels, as regular people sound off about any mistreatment the cop makes

    not through this site

    so yes, close the site down. sure you can say godaddy may not have closed the site down in the most proper procedue, but the site should definitely be closed down, if you have any understanding of ethics

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    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  2. Re:fuck undercover by rtechie · · Score: 0, Troll

    That is entrapment. It is illegal, and the evidence cannot be used in court. Have you ever appeared in court against a police officer? Do you really know anything about law enforcement? Most criminal cases involve coercion or entrapment.