- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- news@lemmy.world
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
The difference between this and a straight-up extortion racket is extremely small.
I don’t think there is a difference
The legal difference is that the police (presumably, there probably are exceptions) don’t wreck those businesses themselves. They just let them get wrecked and then make up excuses to not respond.
Yeah, this is extortion and a protection racket.