http://worldaffairs.videosift.com/member/cheesemoo VideoSift: Online Video *Quality Control en 2008 videosift.com Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:06:45 -0700 Worldaffairs http://www.varocms.com http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 15 http://static1.videosift.com/videosift/i/sifter_small.gifhttp://worldaffairs.videosift.com/member/cheesemoo http://worldaffairs.videosift.com/video/Ratemycopcom-Fuck-the-police-YN <img src="http://static1.videosift.com/thumbs/r/at/Ratemycopcom_Fuck_the_police_YN.jpg" /><br />(22 votes - 17 comments - 608 views)<br />Ratemycop.com is a new site that lets users rate the police in their area. Sounds neat, yeah? Well, the police don't seem to think so. The original host, GoDaddy.com, stopped hosting the site without warning, and another service has already declined to host it.<br /> <br /> Read more about all this <a rel="nofollow" href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080312-ratemycop-debacle-sparks-debate-over-speech-privacy.html">here</a>.<br /> <br /> *UPDATE*<br /> schmawy linked <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88226404">this article</a>, which gives some more background on the creation of the site, and some interesting police perspectives on the service.<br /> <br /> *FURTHER UPDATE*<br /> It seems <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ratemycop.com/">the site</a> has found a host. It's back up now, for me anyway.<br /> cheesemoo (http://worldaffairs.videosift.com/member/cheesemoo)Worldaffairs http://worldaffairs.videosift.com/video/Ratemycopcom-Fuck-the-police-YN http://worldaffairs.videosift.com/video/Ratemycopcom-Fuck-the-police-YN Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:06:45 -0700