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Re:French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into delet... by gsnedders on Saturday April 06, 2013 @11:23AM (#5503833)
The precedent seems to be more along the lines of, "If you are an administrator of a website hosting (what we claim to be) illegal content, you are obliged to delete it upon being informed".
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Re:French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into delet... by thwest on Saturday April 06, 2013 @12:59PM (#5504160)
Illegal status of material should be adjudicated by a court of law, not by a civil servant in a covert agency.
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Re:French homeland intelligence threatens a sysop into delet... by ErrantX on Saturday April 06, 2013 @11:47AM (#5503909)
Well, perhaps. Although I'd suggest that dragging him into their offices and threatening to not let him leave till he obliges is a step beyond that :)
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