First they come for the pornographers, and then they come for yo
By Annalee Newitz, AlterNet.
So now the DOJ has wisely made the world safer by forcing anyone even remotely connected with publishing erotic images to keep elaborate files on the true identities of everyone in said images for seven years. And we’re even more secure because law enforcement officers can wander into adult businesses any time they want, without a court order, and go through every single file for hours or days at a time. But few people – save for the heroic Free Speech Coalition, which is working on crushing this new regulation with injunctions and lawsuits – are going to argue with placing porn under surveillance. After all, porn is naughty, and the people in it don’t deserve privacy.
