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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/15/21 2:27 PM, Steve Furlong
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<div dir="ltr">> And it seems that the authorities don't
much care whether the operator <br>
> is doing something illegal or not, they will stop it,
as the users are <br>
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<div>Could there be a Fourteenth Amendment defense in the US?
Telephone companies, UPS, and the US Postal Service are all
used for illegal purposes but the federal government has never
shut down the USPS and arrested the Postmaster General. "Equal
protection under the law" seems to be missing.</div>
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To start thing off: I AM _NOT_ A LAWYER<br>
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In general such a defense in the US would require the company
reasonably not know that its services are being used for illicit
activity and the company make an effort to stop and prevent the use
of its services for illegal activity. If you are marketing your
product as a way to avoid law enforcement, or if you know that a
client us using your product for illegal activity without reporting
or at least blocking that client you don't have much of a defense. <br>
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Nabil.<br>
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