Democratic Underground
URL | www |
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Launched | January 20, 2001[1] |
Democratic Underground is an online community for members of the United States Democratic Party. Its membership is restricted by policy to those who are supportive of the Democratic Party and Democratic candidates for political office.[2]
History
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On Election Day 2016, the forum was hacked and rendered unavailable, which the site blamed on pro-Trump trolls.[3]
Criticism
Discussions from posters at DU have drawn criticism. One example of this was the dialog about the
The site also saw criticism when, in 2003, a poster explained why they wished to see continued bloodshed in Iraq.[7]
Copyright infringement lawsuit
In 2010, Democratic Underground was sued for alleged copyright infringement in a member's posting of a few paragraphs from an article in the
On June 14, 2011, Judge Roger L. Hunt ruled that Righthaven be dismissed from the case because Righthaven had never owned the copyright of the article and gave Righthaven two weeks to explain in writing why it should not be sanctioned.[11]
References
- ^ "DemocraticUnderground.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WHOIS. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
- ^ "Terms of Service". Democratic Underground. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
- ^ Leyden, John (November 10, 2016). "Left-wing cyber-hangout blames security breach on pro-Trump trolls". The Register. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
- ^ Schwartz, John (January 3, 2005). "Myths Run Wild in Blog Tsunami Debate". The New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ Hume, Brit (January 4, 2005). "Disaster's Cause?". Fox News. Retrieved May 2, 2007.
- ^ Washington, David Allen (January 10, 2005). "Online Debate Forums". The New York Times.
- Opinion Journal. Archived from the originalon May 26, 2008.
- Las Vegas, Nevada. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
- ^ a b Green, Steve (September 28, 2010). "R-J owner faces counterclaim in copyright lawsuit campaign". Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas, Nevada. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
- Wired.com, Threat Level.
- ^ "Righthaven Copyright Troll Lawsuit Dismissed as Sham EFF Press Releases". Electronic Frontier Foundation. June 14, 2011.