Can The U.S. Government Shutdown A Website Without A Court Order?
Ryan Singel has been a busy boy over on 27B Stroke 6 today:
Can the feds order a take down of a website without getting a court order?Beyond this initial nugget, also see here, here, and here.
That's exactly what the Transportation Security Administration seems to have done with security researcher Christopher Soghoian's boarding pass generator. That was taken down by his hosting provider DreamHost two days after it was posted, presumably after the government delivered a copy of the takedown notice handed to him by FBI agents (Soghoian's home was raided the next day, but he is not being prosecuted).
posted by Fergie @ 11/29/2006 05:54:00 PM
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