Re:US takes down Iran-linked news sites, alleges disinformation
by Rebelgecko on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @08:37PM
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At face value, hijacking/seizing DNS for websites because they spread disinformation is kind of horrifying. Is this precedent less scary than it seems?
Re:US takes down Iran-linked news sites, alleges disinformation
by Tepix on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @04:37AM
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It completely crazy and I'm very surprised it hasn't hit the HN front page yet.
The number of US websites that spread misinformation is near infinite yet i've never heard of them getting seized for that reason.
I wonder if the US agencies pressured a registrar or a registry to gain control over the domains? If it's the registrar then you could pick one outside of US juristriction.
If they went after the registry then it's a much bigger issue, the entire TLD has to be considered problematic.
Edit:
The US claims that the american companies that owned these domains failed to obtain licenses required due to US sanctions.
Edited to remove co.uk and tv, which seem to be undergoing some kind of maintenance, or perhaps facing similar fate. Incidentally, the registrar of .tv is GoDaddy.
Did the DoJ choose not to pursue it, or did Twitter's lawyers successfully challenge their warrant (while DNS registrars rolled over)? If that's the case, would Twitter likely be under a gag order about it, as CNN was?
The number of US websites that spread misinformation is near infinite yet i've never heard of them getting seized for that reason.
I wonder if the US agencies pressured a registrar or a registry to gain control over the domains? If it's the registrar then you could pick one outside of US juristriction.
If they went after the registry then it's a much bigger issue, the entire TLD has to be considered problematic.
Edit:
The US claims that the american companies that owned these domains failed to obtain licenses required due to US sanctions.
[1]: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2021/06/22/660671/Iranian-Regi...
Edited to remove co.uk and tv, which seem to be undergoing some kind of maintenance, or perhaps facing similar fate. Incidentally, the registrar of .tv is GoDaddy.
https://twitter.com/PressTV
Did the DoJ choose not to pursue it, or did Twitter's lawyers successfully challenge their warrant (while DNS registrars rolled over)? If that's the case, would Twitter likely be under a gag order about it, as CNN was?
https://web.archive.org/web/20210622225435if_/https://www.wa...