William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if you can.

Robert Bonomi bonomi at mail.r-bonomi.com
Thu Nov 29 22:06:14 UTC 2012


> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:26:57 -0500
> From: Tom Beecher <tbeecher at localnet.com>
> Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if
>  you can.
>
> Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C.  230 is the US law that has been 
> interpreted to provide immunity to ISP for the actions of their users.

It is worth noting that 47 U.S.C. 230 provides _limited_ protections, only.
Broad protection, but limited.  It says that a provider shall not 'be 
treated as author' for material provided by someone else.

This of little-to-no help with regard to kiddie porn, since distribution, 
and even 'mere' possession,  are crimes -- independant of authorship.








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