Justice Department Walks Back Demand For Information On Anti-Trump Website (theverge.com)

After issuing a warrant to DreamHost for "all files" related to an anti-trump website, the Justice Department says it's scaling back a demand for information from hosting service DreamHost. The Verge reports: In a legal filing today, the Justice Department argues that the warrant was proper, but also says DreamHost has since brought up information that was previously "unknown." In light of that, it has offered to carve out information demanded in the warrant, specifically pledging to not request information like HTTP logs tied to IP addresses. The department says it is only looking for information related to criminal activity on the site, and says that "the government is focused on the use of the Website to organize, to plan, and to effect a criminal act -- that is, a riot." Peaceful protestors, the government argues, are not the targets of the warrant. The filing asks the court to proceed with the new, less burdensome request, which, apart from the carved-out sections, still requests "all records or other information, pertaining to the Account, including all files, databases, and database records stored by DreamHost in relation to that Account." It's unclear if DreamHost will continue to fight the new demand.

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This is fine

[PopeRatzo]

Privacy and free speech only apply to people who support the president.

Re: This is fine

[Anonymous Coward]

b-b-b-b-but

BULLSHIT

I'm sorry you're so asininely stupid to believe that all conservative viewpoints equal NAZZIIIII.

It's not rational, it's not logical but given your total lack of rationality and logic dealing with AGW it's not surprising.

You're tearing down statues and rewriting history because NAAZIIISS. Is that rational or logical? No - it's not.

People are ideologically hunting down and destroying people's livelihoods (if not physically destroying them out right) for political wrong think. Not just NAAZZIIISSS but anybody with an opposing view to your insipid groupthink. That's not rational. That's not logical. That's RELIGIOUS ZEALOTRY. (Yes, religion - you don't need a god to have a religion - Scientology has proved that quite well)

BTW - look to your side for the anti-semitism bud.

Grow the fuck up yourself and watch your back because, like in Venezuela, like in Russia, like in China, they'll come after you next.