Why Everyone Should be Concerned By the Seizure of MyRedBook.com
This issue is more ethically ambiguous than the EFF acknowledged in their post. The EFF only links to the legal and health forums, while the FBI claims the sites "were used to facilitate prostitution" [0]:<p><pre><code>  advertisements for prostitutes... menus of sexual services,
  hourly and nightly rates, and customer reviews of the
  prostitutes’ services.
</code></pre>
You can see an example of an advertisement here (NSFW): <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130521131010/http://forum.myredbook.com/dcforum2/DCForumID20/188351.html" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20130521131010/http://forum.myre...</a><p>I'm not arguing for or against sex work, just illustrating that this takedown is not a clear-cut case of censoring a vulnerable community's non-commercial political speech.<p>Is the EFF saying the FBI should have targeted specific illegal posts instead of taking down legal material as well? I support the EFF in their important work, but they're more credible and effective when they tell the whole story, including the complicated part.<p>[0] <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/news/news_blog/operators-of-myredbook.com-website-arrested-on-prostitution-and-money-laundering-charges" rel="nofollow">http://www.fbi.gov/news/news_blog/operators-of-myredbook.com...</a>