📅 - According to reports, Internet service providers Voicenet Communications (voicenet.com) and Omni Telecom have filed suit in US district court after federal investigators raided their offices and seized servers believed to be running the "Quickvue" search tool. Quickvue, available for $9.95 per month, is a search tool used to scour electronic bulletin boards. Federal investigators allege that the tool has been used to access illegal adult content.
According to reports, Voicenet and Omni claim investigators violated their rights and the rights of subscribers to Quickvue who have never used the tool to acquire illegal pornography. Lawyers for the two companies say prosecutors have ignored federal law that protects Internet services providers from criminal liability when their equipment and services are being used to view to distribute or acquire illegal pornography. Voicenet said it did not know its search tool was being used for illegal purposes. The suit seeks an injunction ordering the return of the seized servers. No charges have yet been laid in the investigation.
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