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     * Lego Company [sends an email](/threads/2019-08-29-the-lego-group-unauthorized-use-of-the-lego-group-intellectual-property-kiwifarms-net-case-652509.60303/).  
 (Update: They've officiated a [DMCA takedown notice](/threads/2019-08-29-the-
 lego-group-unauthorized-use-of-the-lego-group-intellectual-property-kiwifarms-
 net-case-652509.60303/post-5250463) to 1776hosting.)  
 (Update #2: They've sent me [another, identical complaint](/threads/2019-08-29
 -the-lego-group-unauthorized-use-of-the-lego-group-intellectual-property-
 kiwifarms-net-case-652509.60303/post-5276312).)
 
     * We're back on DDG, Bing, Yahoo, Qwant et al after they've [re-indexed Kiwi Farms](/threads/duckduckgo-has-blocked-kiwi-farms.60111/), recognizing our territorial soverignty and international charters.
     * Finally, a [good fuckin' mailbag](/threads/2019-09-02-jayden-desino-harassment-in-my-youtube-comments-and-thread-issue.60455/). (Update: They've sent me [their own IC3 report](/attachments/b7dafe47-fd44-482d-9c41-749bb079ff74-page-001-jpg.919920/) where they told the FBI I called them a retard.)
   
   
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 In addition, the piece also repeats some demonstrably false claims without any
 attempt to fact-check them. For example, the piece reports that material
 regarding Fong-Jones appeared on the web forum Kiwi Farms following the
 publication of James Damore s memo calling for more viewpoint diversity at the
 company, and subsequent reporting by Breitbart News and Vox Popoli.
 
 However, a cursory search of the Kiwi Farms forums reveals that Fong-Jones had
 been targeted by the site s users since at least February 2017 five months
 before Damore s memo was written, and long before any coverage of Fong-Jones
 appeared in the alternative media.
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