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The Story of Dealing With 33 Attorneys General
microbee writes "Early this year, Topix, a popular community forum, faced investigation from 33 state Attorneys General for the practice of charging a fee for 'expedited review' of content that was flagged as inappropriate. The case was settled on August 9th, with Topix dropping the fees in question. Now TechCrunch is running an article by Topix CEO Chris Tolles, in which he talks about his experiences dealing with so many Attorneys General. Quoting: 'This is going to happen more — The States' Attorneys General are the place that complaints about your company will probably end up. This is especially true if you host a social or community based site where people can post things that others may dislike. And, there's no downside to attacking a company based in California for these guys (MySpace, Facebook, Craigslist have all been targets in the past couple of years). Taking complaints from your citizenry and turning them into political capital is simply too good an opportunity for these guys to pass up.'"
Sure you can. At least if your company is actually "doing business" in those places. Everybody else has to do that... why should internet companies be different?
If you do business in Michigan, you obey Michigan's laws. Chill and deal or get out.
you americans were fucking my head with this, when talking about all the recent political developments.
enjoy your federalism now. with this kind of 'freedom', people in one state will or will not be able to do things that are legal and free in their state, because it isnt in another. so, people in that state will live by other states' laws.
enjoy federalism. it is freedom. self-conflicting freedom.
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If they teach soldiers not to follow unlawful orders then they really need new teachers.
There is "less corruption" in US because most forms of corruption are perfectly legal there. You have to do something truly monstrous to be accused of corruption in US -- and having political parties literally on your payroll does not count.
Contrary to the popular belief, there indeed is no God.
Here's what you sound like: "I'm rich and it's not fair that poor people have homeless shelters and food banks! Nobody gives me a cot or a bowl of soup! It's a double-standard, and it's very slanted! *sobs*"
We actually do have "White Spirit" Clubs: you can see them in the US as "Scottish-American Club", "Polish-American Club", "Italian-Amerian Club", etc. and they have been in existence a helluva lot longer than the NAACP. Do you cry when someone of a different (white) ethnic background has a club and you don't? Or do you only whine about non-white ethnic clubs?
We already have White Entertainment Television. It's called "the vast majority of TV shows ever made".
We already have the National Association for the Advancement of White People. It's called "the status quo".
How dare they want to see people they can identify with on TV! How dare they band together within an organization to crack through the status quo! How dare they! I'm sure it's very stressful for you, having to deal with those uppity minorities threatening your default privilege. Would you like me to call you a Waaaaaambulance?