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FTC Takes Out Porn- and Botnet-Spewing ISP

Posted by timothy on from the ayn-rand-would-approve dept.

coondoggie writes "The Federal Trade Commission today got a judge to effectively kill off the Internet service provider 3FN, which the agency said specialized in spam, porn, botnets, phishing, and all manner of malicious web content. The ISP's computer servers and other assets have been seized and will be sold by a court and the operation has been ordered give back $1.08 million to the FTC."

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  1. Today "malicious content" by Darkness404 · · Score: -1, Troll

    which the agency said specialized in spam, porn, botnets, phishing and all manner of malicious Web content

    That is the story today, but what about the story tomorrow?

    While it could be true that this was an ISP where nothing of value was lost, could it have also hosted sites critical of the government and its policies?

    Something interesting to look into...

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    1. Re:Today "malicious content" by Darkness404 · · Score: 0, Troll

      However, CP is easily planted and things forbidding it are generally destructive of free speech and harm more children.

      If CP was not so regulated and forbidden, there would be a lot less children harmed in the making of it. Since it is though, it has created a large economy dedicated to the production of it.

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  2. do7l by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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