Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Democràtic repository

Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem... by iagovar on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:47AM (#21397074)

> whether it could be defined as "terrorism" is somewhat ambiguous.

I won't define it as terrorism, but if you are in the Police and you really have no other legal tool, what do you do? If the boundary is fuzzy enough, they're gonna push for it.

In the end they'll probably have a hard time proving that to a judge, but as a temporary measure they probably think it's useful.

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Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem... by zozbot234 on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @08:51AM (#21397112)

Actually, my main point was that it could qualify. Attacks on critical infrastructure have been deemed as such, and the implied risk to human life makes this an even stronger possibility. If these things are actually happening, it's quite appropriate to bring them to light.

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Re:Spanish government orders GitHub to take down Tsunami Dem... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @01:35PM (#21400293)

You don't have to call it terrorism. Vandalism, reckless endangerment, malicious mischief... there are a bunch of different laws that apply.

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