I really wonder what they have legally against deep dot web. The site just provided the links and reviews of the darknet marketplaces. So users could look up what might be trustable and what better to avoid. Information is not illegal. and should never be.
The referral link stuff is maybe gray area, but you can not see who bought what and for how much from your referral link.
But maybe the website owner(s) had some illegal side business going on dark net markets, and FBI just took deepdotweb down with everything else connected to the owners.
Is darknet market places a nice way to say, online illegal drug marketplace
Seriously and I have no idea what else is on the dark web market other than drugs ?
The section the DOJ cites on their seized notice is 18USC1956(h).
18USC1956(a)(3):
Whoever, with the intent to promote the carrying on of specified unlawful activity; or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, or control of property believed to be the proceeds of specified unlawful activity; […] conducts or attempts to conduct a financial transaction involving property represented to be the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, or property used to conduct or facilitate specified unlawful activity, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.
18USC1956(h):
Any person who conspires to commit any offense defined in this section [vide supra] or section 1957 shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy.
OK, they might be able to loophole it as the operators took money that was illegally gained (But I'd guess they wanted it down because it reported on how law enforcement attacks Tor sites)
But does that allow them to take down a whole News site and all it's articles?
Arrest the specific person who broke a law, what allows them to censor the news articles?
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[ 0.22 ms ] story [ 36.6 ms ] threadThe referral link stuff is maybe gray area, but you can not see who bought what and for how much from your referral link.
But maybe the website owner(s) had some illegal side business going on dark net markets, and FBI just took deepdotweb down with everything else connected to the owners.
It’s probably reasonable to guess they took money from the illegal markets. (by referral)
Linking is not illegal AFAIK
18USC1956(a)(3): Whoever, with the intent to promote the carrying on of specified unlawful activity; or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, or control of property believed to be the proceeds of specified unlawful activity; […] conducts or attempts to conduct a financial transaction involving property represented to be the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, or property used to conduct or facilitate specified unlawful activity, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.
18USC1956(h): Any person who conspires to commit any offense defined in this section [vide supra] or section 1957 shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy.
The FBI can shut down a News site?
OK, they might be able to loophole it as the operators took money that was illegally gained (But I'd guess they wanted it down because it reported on how law enforcement attacks Tor sites)
But does that allow them to take down a whole News site and all it's articles?
Arrest the specific person who broke a law, what allows them to censor the news articles?