Senator Joe "Droopy Dog" Lieberman wants Blogger to have a terrorist flag button

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Senator Joe “Droopy Dog” Lieberman wants Blogger to have a terrorist flag button

Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut is famous for lots of really stupid fucking ideas, and just as his jowls keep drooping, the stupid ideas keep flowing. This time, he’s taken pen to paper to write a letter to Google, urging them to add a “terrorist flagging button” to Blogger, which in no way would ever be used for anything but responsible adults identifying real terrorist threats.

Lieberman got the idea after it turned out that New York’s “lone wolf” terrorist suspect Jose Pimentel had a blog on Blogger. Because Lord knows, all the internet needs are more buttons to stop terrorism.

“Pimentel’s Internet activity — both his spreading of bomb-making instructions links and his hate-filled writings — were hosted by Google,” Lieberman wrote.

“On his site www.trueislam1.com, Pimentel stated, “People have to understand that America and its allies are legitimate targets in warfare. This includes facilities such as army bases, police stations, political facilities, embassies, CIA and FBI buildings, private and public airports, and all kinds of buildings where money is being made to help fund the war.’ As demonstrated by this recent case, Google’s webhosting site, Blogger is being used by violent Islamist extremists to broadcast terrorist content,” Lieberman continued.

Unlike YouTube’s Community Standards, Lieberman writes, “Blogger’s Content Policy does not expressly ban terrorist content nor does it provide a ‘flag’ feature for such content.”

He continues: “Through your updated YouTube standards, Google has affirmatively stated that terrorist content will not be permitted on some of your sites. I strongly believe that Google should expand that standard to include your other platforms.”

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