Justice demands 1.3M IP addresses related to Trump resistance site

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Ummm... Organizing a legal protest is supposed to be actions that are protected by free speech.

Requesting server logs and IP addresses is something that should require a warrant and proof of criminal action.

How in the world does organizing a constitutionally protected protest qualify as a criminal action?

This is some gestapo level shit, regardless of whether you agree with Trump or not.

These days "free speech" means giving a platform to white nationalists/supremacists, no matter what.

If you're not concerned, you're not paying enough attention. This continues to go bad places very quickly.

It might go bad places, but nowhere near as bad of places as shutting down free speech. We have history to prove this fact, which is why it's part of our constitution.

We don't get to just repress free speech because we disagree with it. If white supremacists have a platform, then we need to meet them head on and fight their ideas with our ideas.

Germany would disagree with you. Hate speech laws have proven very effective in other countries, but as usual, America refuses to look outside its borders for any answers.

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15011636

We already know about neo-nazi racists and gov already investigates them. However, Antifa and these Marxist Resistance groups are newly radicalized and dangerous groups that regularly entertain violence against Trump and his supporters. Remember the shooter who tried to assassinate Republican congressman anybody? They deserve to be investigated as it effects the stability of our country.

Sure but you don't go fishing for antifa, you get a search warrant if you have a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.

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