A Washoe County, Nevada, School District counselor is in jail for possessing child pornography. Investigators found more than 250 suspected images and videos of child pornography in emails and electronic devices that Tyler Quinn Ball-Imdahl, 26, owned.
If guilty, he deserves everything that the justice system throws at him. However, I cannot tell which is scarier — a pedophile or the loss of liberty.
Buried in the same story is that Yahoo reported the man to authorities that he received emails with intimate images of juvenile males. Yahoo is searching his email, invading his privacy.
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety,” wrote Benjamin Franklin.
And claiming that the accused said yes to a user agreement is bogus because these so-called agreements are no agreement at all. After all, if you say no, you cannot use the platform. It is akin to saying you cannot use the road in front of your home because you disagree with paying taxes on that road.
We no longer live in a free nation. And it is only a matter of time before tech companies begin turning their algorithms on those critical of the U.S. Government, calling it “radical” and a danger to national security.
But then again, Facebook trolls are already online warning you not to think for yourself and how to identify and report people who are “radicalizing.”
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