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[ NNSquad ] Re: Likely SPAM: Microsoft Censors Pirate Bay Links in Windows Live Messenger 

I think this could be re-framed with the question: "Why is Microsoft wiretapping and censoring its MSN Live Messenger users?"
Jeff
On Mar 25, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Lauren Weinstein wrote:

> 
> 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."
> 
> - - -
> 
> 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.
> 
> --Lauren--
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