Need Advice: Taking a website down - LEGALLY

[BC_Programmer]

Encyclopedia Dramatica is like a poor mans Unencyclopedia

What's wrong with Encyclopedia Dramatica? It's a little OTT, but that's the internet for you.

Well, probably nothing wrong with the site, think he's saying they have the same owner.

[Azzaboi]

Hahah, BC_Programmer...

No nothing is wrong with 'encyclopediadramatica', I meant for them to do a search on there to find information about the actual site:

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http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Anontalk.com
The site is taken down, so the link is pretty safe now. Go hackers 'Anonymous' Group. Those are some funny, crazy guys you don't want to mess with and done some insane stuff in the past! Hackers leak all personal details onto a site for anyone else to attack. Addresses, phone numbers, emails, msn, social networks, along with their passwords and sometimes bank details, etc, anything and everything they can. It gets really out of hand depending who uses it, defacing websites, facebook, even visiting the person...

Look up Anonymous on youtube!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNO6G4ApJQY
Lina Sandells, the site owner, life will be destory over and over by 1000s even millions of people.

[kpac]

Oh, we know all about Anonymous here at CH.

[BC_Programmer]

Oh, we know all about Anonymous here at CH.

I almost forgot about that, actually. Probably because I only caught the tail-end of that experience.

lol, so true. Although I think he was just a poser.

I remember "Homer" mentioning either he was or used to be a member of Anon; and that the Anon/Annon whoever guy was just some pretender. Come to think of it I haven't seen Homer post in ages.

[cintari]

Did you research the so called legal limits of the Country of Sweden ? ?

Pedophilia doesn't break the legal limits in Sweden?

[CBMatt]

Pedophilia doesn't break the legal limits in Sweden?

First, there is a difference between pedophilia and child pornography.  Pedophilia is considered a disorder and many countries have no laws against having said disorder, including the U.S.  Actually acting upon the urges, however, is another story.  And until somewhat recently, child pornography wasn't illegal in Sweden (same goes for engaging in *censored* acts; the current age of consent is 15).  Even now, it is only illegal to partake in it, I believe.  As far as I can tell, looking at it is not illegal and won't be until June or July of this year.

But one thing to keep in mind is that the web site Helpmeh is referring to may not be considered child pornography.  If it is the site I am thinking of, then it indeed is not considered pornography because no *censored* acts are depicted (at least not when I took a look).  I personally do not support the content, but it is perfectly legal in the U.S. as well as many other countries.  Of course, I have no verification yet if the site I am thinking of is the same one that Helpmeh found.

[Helpmeh]

Okay, I'm pretty sure I know the site in question.  Is it a BBS site?  If I am thinking of the right site, then I don't believe it is illegal.  Even by US law, a lot of the content is within legal limits, much like NAMBLA.  You can certainly report the site if you want to, but it is already well-known and as far as I am aware, it is not currently breaking the law.

Of course, this is only assuming that I am thinking of the correct site (which doesn't even compare to 4chan, in my opinion).  I'm sending a PM your way so I can verify.

Yes, you got the site right. And if it's not breaking the law, I sure don't want to see which sites ARE breaking the law.

[Geek-9pm]

Here is my option. And I think this reflects the ideas of others.

There should be a law that every web site must provide a keyword list and summary of content type. Harmful or dubious content must be identified.
Any site that fails to correctly identify bad content can be put on a black list. The web  site can not take legal action toward DNS service for putting the site on a black list if the site failed to identify a sighnificant harmfull content.

Under present laws, Google, AIL or Ope DNS and similar services could be the target of a lawsuit when they block porn sites

I hope this is understood. Just make it legal to black ball any site that files to identify harmful content. Is that so difficult?

[cintari]

  Even now, it is only illegal to partake in it, I believe.  As far as I can tell, looking at it is not illegal and won't be until June or July of this year.

So it's not okay to do something corrupt but it's ok to look at pictures of it? So, by this idea, it's okay to watch someone get raped but it's not okay to do it yourself. Makes perfect sense, go sweden.

[patio]

Yes, you got the site right. And if it's not breaking the law, I sure don't want to see which sites ARE breaking the law.

So your crusade has ended then ? ?

[CBMatt]

So it's not okay to do something corrupt but it's ok to look at pictures of it? So, by this idea, it's okay to watch someone get raped but it's not okay to do it yourself. Makes perfect sense, go sweden.

There's a huge difference between watching something and looking at pictures of it.

Yes, you got the site right. And if it's not breaking the law, I sure don't want to see which sites ARE breaking the law.

You're right, you don't want to see them.  Sadly, there are a lot of these illegal sites out there and they seem to be hard to take down.  I'm aware of a handful that have been reported numerous times and yet they are still online after well over a year.  The BBS you found is fairly tame by comparison.  There is certainly a chance that illegal photos get posted now and then, but most of the photos posted are not considered pornographic and are legal in many countries (as long as *censored* acts aren't being betrayed, they can label it as "art").  The biggest issue with the site is what the people say on that site, but they are free to say it.  If it is any consolation, I suspect that at least 80% of the users on the site aren't serious and are merely examples of the Greater Internet F-wad Theory.

[EEVIAC]

You do know that viewing child pornography alone is illegal.

really?  If you come across a web page with that kind of content by accident, does that still count?

[cintari]

really?  If you come across a web page with that kind of content by accident, does that still count?

How your necessarily prove that you accidently went on the webpage?

[BC_Programmer]

How your necessarily prove that you accidently went on the webpage?

How does anybody else prove it was on purpose?

[Wefro_froyas]

Was about to say...

  The website is also known for spamming various chan image boards.