Forum Post: Dept of Justice wants lying on Match.com & Facebook to be a crime!
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 16, 2011, 1 a.m. EST by RatBawstard
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The U.S. Department of Justice is defending computer hacking laws that make it a crime to use a fake name on Facebook or lie about your weight in an online dating profile at a site like Match.com.
In a statement obtained by CNET that's scheduled to be delivered tomorrow (15 Nov), the Justice Department argues that it must be able to prosecute violations of Web sites' often-ignored, always-unintelligible "terms of service" policies.
The law must allow "prosecutions based upon a violation of terms of service or similar contractual agreement with an employer or provider," Richard Downing, the Justice Department's deputy computer crime chief, will tell the U.S. Congress tomorrow.
Continue reading: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57324779-281/doj-lying-on-match.com-needs-to-be-a-crime/
Oh my gosh! I'm glad I'm out of the dating scene! How would I ever get a date if I had to state my actual weight ? Next they'll be demanding real photos!
Boy! What happened to this forum?
WTF? lol
The Justice Dept. under Holder is out of control. The guy's gotta go....