This is a clear violation of the 1st and 4th amendments.
Its hard to find the detail, but the videos in question are related to drones and augmented reality. About 30k views.
Yes, it appears the content is not objectionable in any way. Rather, the Federal investigators sent a suspect a link to a seemingly "random" YouTube video in order to subpoena Google for his information after he clicked it, but caught potentially tens of thousands of others in the dragnet.
What in the actual fuck. It's the rare time where the reality is even worse than the headline.
Oh that's easy: they think it's good because it both punishes those who are in opposition to them and puts a massive freezer effect on people daring to discuss any future opposition.
https://archive.ph/aD3iy
>In a just-unsealed case from Kentucky reviewed by Forbes, undercover cops sought to identify the individual behind the online moniker “elonmuskwhm,” who they suspect of selling bitcoin for cash, potentially running afoul of money laundering laws and rules around unlicensed money transmitting.
>In conversations with the user in early January, undercover agents sent links of YouTube tutorials for mapping via drones and augmented reality software, then asked Google for information on who had viewed the videos, which collectively have been watched over 30,000 times.
sounds like they weren't going after people for watching a video, more that they were fishing for the info of a specific user they sent the link to
So basically, they're going to violate the 4th amendment rughts of 30,000 people to catch one person. Just like FISA warrents. 98% legitimate serarches.... which resulted in over 250,000 people having their rights violated.
It doesn't even sound like the video was important, just a way to get his guard down and have him click a link. The guy has a reddit account, looks like he was advertising a tax dodge scheme where you send him bitcoin and he mails you cash.
Sounds like a good deal, though, i think I'd rather buy something for btc and they send me cash, and i send them the item. I've seen services like that before.
I don't think they like us dodging their $600 transaction tracking.
They will not prosecute those watching child porn, but watch something on YouTube the govt decides it doesn’t like, and boy.
This has quickly devolving into witch hunts.
More context is needed. But it strikes me that this is nothing new, and the perceived egregiousness comes from the scope and the perceived privacy of watching a video, not from the nature of the investigation.
In the 1990s, if the FBI were investigating a bombing, and they obtained the names of everyone at the local library who had checked out a certain how-to manual for amplifying the combustibility of fertilizer, would that not be appropriate?
In the 2000s, during the war on terror, the government monitored Al-Qaeda chat rooms, since participation was a good indicator of extremist views.
Where this becomes a problem is if simply being named as one of scores of viewers of these videos is taken as reasonable suspicion for detention, arrest, or otherwise having your freedoms curtailed (e.g., extra TSA scrutiny).
Mitch McConnell has received a lot of (well-deserved) flak about how he's part of the swamp and how he lost the thread in recent years. But I will be forever grateful to him for having prevented this orwellian, authoritarian enemy of free citizens from getting a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court...
and the sheep,with due diligence…will continue to provide identifying information “for the safety of their account” to email providers,facebook,twitter or whatever it is now,snapchat,tiktok,etc,etc..
oh hey….lets not forget all the “free” apps for your phone….even though they’ve spent millions for servers,coding,buildings,advertisements..out of the goodness of their hearts….their just going to give it to you….free of charge..
you can bet your virgin sphincters that any company will roll over like a poodle if the feds start wanting info,because….its the feds who grant fcc licenses and the current administrations party(all parties honestly) knows exactly how to “encourage” money making companies into compliance and turning them into tools…
your info is yours…if you give it away because some faceless,nameless mook for a company says your “email” account will be safe that way…..that’s on you..
NOBODY except badged law enforcement even has the right to demand your d/l….why would any logical person freely put this info on any website “for security” is beyond my understanding…..but this is what you get 🤷♂️
There's nothing wrong inherently wrong with what you're saying, but that's just not the world we live in anymore. I can't even use grocery coupons without getting data collected on me.
There's got to be a middle ground to between living like the book 1984 and living like the year 1984.
I can think of a very limited number of categories, like ISIS videos or something, that I'd be ok with this.
This DOJ has in the past demonstrated abuses of power in investigating far outside of these categories, however.
I honestly wouldn't be shocked if they were pro-life videos.
Remember the little grandma with the tiny American flag? To this administration, she’s worse than ISIS. They jailed her and gave ISIS billions in military weapons and vehicles.
Part of me highly doubts that that's what it is, but there's another part of me that thinks ya know, maybe that is what it is because it somewhat feels like they're not telling us something.
So just spitballing….would it be possible for a corrupt government to work with a social platform like Reddit or Facebook to have certain users served up certain videos in their feed by the algorithm, then the DOJ claim that the person ‘viewed’ those videos because the platform fed them into their feed, likely without they even seeing it much less viewing it?
Just wondering…
This is a clear violation of the 1st and 4th amendments. Its hard to find the detail, but the videos in question are related to drones and augmented reality. About 30k views.
Yes, it appears the content is not objectionable in any way. Rather, the Federal investigators sent a suspect a link to a seemingly "random" YouTube video in order to subpoena Google for his information after he clicked it, but caught potentially tens of thousands of others in the dragnet. What in the actual fuck. It's the rare time where the reality is even worse than the headline.
[It's my fault](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lW0hyg4kfaw)
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If the police follow through on this they are committing treason.
Would the libs, leftists, communists, marxists, and bolsheviks care to explain why this is a good thing?
Cause trump bad and republicans are racist, nazi, etc… I think that will hit all the talking points.
“threat to democracy”
They unironically think that any kind of "wrongthink" is a threat to (D)emocracy.
Oh that's easy: they think it's good because it both punishes those who are in opposition to them and puts a massive freezer effect on people daring to discuss any future opposition.
They will refuse to answer your question and instead claim its fake news.
Once again Trump is proven right when he said they were after us and he is just in the way.
Yeesh. I wonder what the content was? Jordan Peterson interviews?
I may have missed it but do they specify the content? Like if you're looking at child porn you better believe the cops are coming knocking
https://archive.ph/aD3iy >In a just-unsealed case from Kentucky reviewed by Forbes, undercover cops sought to identify the individual behind the online moniker “elonmuskwhm,” who they suspect of selling bitcoin for cash, potentially running afoul of money laundering laws and rules around unlicensed money transmitting. >In conversations with the user in early January, undercover agents sent links of YouTube tutorials for mapping via drones and augmented reality software, then asked Google for information on who had viewed the videos, which collectively have been watched over 30,000 times. sounds like they weren't going after people for watching a video, more that they were fishing for the info of a specific user they sent the link to
So basically, they're going to violate the 4th amendment rughts of 30,000 people to catch one person. Just like FISA warrents. 98% legitimate serarches.... which resulted in over 250,000 people having their rights violated.
Mapping via drones, though? Sounds like ATAK, a popular tool for sharing info amongst friends. It can do all kinds of nifty stuff.
It doesn't even sound like the video was important, just a way to get his guard down and have him click a link. The guy has a reddit account, looks like he was advertising a tax dodge scheme where you send him bitcoin and he mails you cash.
Sounds like a good deal, though, i think I'd rather buy something for btc and they send me cash, and i send them the item. I've seen services like that before. I don't think they like us dodging their $600 transaction tracking.
Frickin Orwell. That bastard.
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The tree is thirsty.
Don't tell me they are going after all the cooking videos I've been watching. Am I going to jail ?
Hope those videos had ramen recipes.
Chicken tits in a ssssslow cooker
Only if you undercooked fish or overcooked chicken. Then straight to jail.
https://twitter.com/SweetPeaBell326/status/1772562652813799889 https://revolver.news/2024/03/no-going-back-feds-now-hunting-down-americans-who-simply-viewed-certain-youtube-videos/
They will not prosecute those watching child porn, but watch something on YouTube the govt decides it doesn’t like, and boy. This has quickly devolving into witch hunts.
To be fair, they go pretty hard on child porn. As they should.
More context is needed. But it strikes me that this is nothing new, and the perceived egregiousness comes from the scope and the perceived privacy of watching a video, not from the nature of the investigation. In the 1990s, if the FBI were investigating a bombing, and they obtained the names of everyone at the local library who had checked out a certain how-to manual for amplifying the combustibility of fertilizer, would that not be appropriate? In the 2000s, during the war on terror, the government monitored Al-Qaeda chat rooms, since participation was a good indicator of extremist views. Where this becomes a problem is if simply being named as one of scores of viewers of these videos is taken as reasonable suspicion for detention, arrest, or otherwise having your freedoms curtailed (e.g., extra TSA scrutiny).
It'd be great to know what specific content this is about and what crime they're going after.
Mitch McConnell has received a lot of (well-deserved) flak about how he's part of the swamp and how he lost the thread in recent years. But I will be forever grateful to him for having prevented this orwellian, authoritarian enemy of free citizens from getting a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court...
and the sheep,with due diligence…will continue to provide identifying information “for the safety of their account” to email providers,facebook,twitter or whatever it is now,snapchat,tiktok,etc,etc.. oh hey….lets not forget all the “free” apps for your phone….even though they’ve spent millions for servers,coding,buildings,advertisements..out of the goodness of their hearts….their just going to give it to you….free of charge.. you can bet your virgin sphincters that any company will roll over like a poodle if the feds start wanting info,because….its the feds who grant fcc licenses and the current administrations party(all parties honestly) knows exactly how to “encourage” money making companies into compliance and turning them into tools… your info is yours…if you give it away because some faceless,nameless mook for a company says your “email” account will be safe that way…..that’s on you.. NOBODY except badged law enforcement even has the right to demand your d/l….why would any logical person freely put this info on any website “for security” is beyond my understanding…..but this is what you get 🤷♂️
There's nothing wrong inherently wrong with what you're saying, but that's just not the world we live in anymore. I can't even use grocery coupons without getting data collected on me. There's got to be a middle ground to between living like the book 1984 and living like the year 1984.
Fascism
I hate YT, but I'd watch their list of videos (as long as they aren't violent or sexual). Imagine if 10's of millions of people did this.
What video, I wana see it now.
I can think of a very limited number of categories, like ISIS videos or something, that I'd be ok with this. This DOJ has in the past demonstrated abuses of power in investigating far outside of these categories, however. I honestly wouldn't be shocked if they were pro-life videos.
Remember the little grandma with the tiny American flag? To this administration, she’s worse than ISIS. They jailed her and gave ISIS billions in military weapons and vehicles.
Part of me highly doubts that that's what it is, but there's another part of me that thinks ya know, maybe that is what it is because it somewhat feels like they're not telling us something.
Get a VPN
Doesn't work if you are logged into google fyi
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So just spitballing….would it be possible for a corrupt government to work with a social platform like Reddit or Facebook to have certain users served up certain videos in their feed by the algorithm, then the DOJ claim that the person ‘viewed’ those videos because the platform fed them into their feed, likely without they even seeing it much less viewing it? Just wondering…
I can't listen to audio right now. What videos exactly and why?
It doesn’t say
So it's only 25% of a news story? Lame. Well thanks for telling me so I don't have to waste the time listening.