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The other domains are still online, though z-library has yet to respond

Post edited, thank you @mbt2402 for correcting me

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[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 6 days ago (10 children)

Is the post description bugged out? I see a lot of comments mentioning things that are already mentioned in it.

Here's the post description, in case it is bugging outThe other domains are still online, though z-library has yet to respond

I've seen this 'z-library seized' image shared around much prior to this, but I couldn't find the source

It's unlikely that this was actually done by the FBI

[–] mbt2402@hexbear.net 17 points 6 days ago (8 children)

why do you think it wasn't done by the fbi? fbi is public about their campaign against z-lib devs. and the z-lib devs did acknowledge this siezure in may

https://torrentfreak.com/fbi-carries-out-fresh-round-of-z-library-domain-name-seizures-240530/

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

This is none of the domains mentioned in the article, and as far as I know this site was only modified yesterday.

This image has also been floating around for a while, but I don't know how often the FBI reuses target-specific images.

[–] mbt2402@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

you can do a whois, which shows that the redirect is to a domain used for domain seizures. you should edit your post, as it is factually incorrect.

https://www.whois.com/whois/zlibrary-bl.se https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/z-library-ebook-site-domains-seized-by-us-dept-of-justice/

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

Understood, I'll edit it now.

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