Domain hoster Go Daddy has shut down a Web site that lets people criticize individual police officers, saying it was using too much bandwidth. But the site owner says he is being censored after police complained. Up until Tuesday, visitors to RateMyCop.com were able to post comments and ratings on specific police officers. The site disclosed officer names and badge numbers, which is public information.
« European Parliament criticized for not using open standards | Main | Syria expands "iron censorship" over Internet »
2008.03.14
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451e0be69e200e5512e5d6c8834
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Go Daddy shuts down police-rating Web site:
Site search
Subscribe Our List:
Categories
- Content
- Cybercrime
- E-Activism
- E-conomy
- E-Strategies/ Policy
- E-Strategies/Policy
- Education/ E-Learning
- Governance
- Governance / E-Government
- Infrastructure
- Legal
- Legal
- Media
- Mobile and Wireless
- Netbiz
- Netbiz
- Open Source / Cloud Computing
- Privacy/Security
- Privacy/Security
- Social Media
- Technology/R&D
- Technology/R&D
- Telecenters/Telecottages
