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<h2 class="article-intro-text">Bungled action sacrifices free
speech in pursuit of child abusers. </h2>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:
medium;"><span style="font-family:
Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial;">The US Government’s
child pornography enforcement action “Operation Protect
Our Children” had huge collateral damage over the weekend
when it mistakenly suspended 84,000 websites under the <a
href="http://mooo.com" target="_blank">mooo.com</a> domain.
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The Department of Homeland Security announced a victory on
Tuesday, claiming the "<a
href="http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1297804574965.shtm"
target="_blank">execution of seizure warrants against 10
domain names of websites engaged in the advertisement
and distribution of child pornography</a>”.<span
style="text-decoration: underline;"><br>
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But they failed to mentioned that the action spearheaded
by DHS Immigration and Customs Enforcement Cyber Crimes
Center, also <a
href="http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-shuts-down-84000-websites-by-mistake-110216"
target="_blank">accidentally took down mooo.com</a>, the
most popular shared domain at <a
href="http://afraid.org">afraid.org</a>, run by domain
name services provider, FreeDNS.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.itnews.com.au/News/248422,us-wrongly-suspends-84000-websites.aspx">http://www.itnews.com.au/News/248422,us-wrongly-suspends-84000-websites.aspx</a><br>
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