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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live
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Sun Mar 25 13:59:13 2012
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:43:04 -0700
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Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger
http://j.mp/GNMdVL (Torrent Freak)
"Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger (MSN) now refuses to pass on links
to The Pirate Bay website, claiming they are unsafe."
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This is highly problematic behavior by Microsoft. While Pirate Bay may
be unsafe for the MPAA and RIAA, blocking on such a basis is normally
reserved for explicit malware and related threats to users, not a
euphemism for copyright enforcement. This conflation undermines trust
in Microsoft's malware detection efforts.
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