Limewire helps release the 60 Minutes episode, “Inside CECOT,” that featured US deportees who were tortured or suffered physical or sexual abuse at a notorious Salvadoran prison
“Welcome to hell,” one former inmate was told upon arriving, the segment reported, while also highlighting a clip of Donald Trump praising CECOT and its leadership for “great facilities, very strong facilities, and they don’t play games.”
Weiss controversially pulled the segment on Monday, claiming it could not air in the US because it lacked critical voices, as no Trump officials were interviewed. She claimed that the segment “did not advance the ball” and merely echoed others’ reporting, NBC News reported. Her plan was to air the segment when it was “ready,” insisting that holding stories “for whatever reason” happens “every day in every newsroom.”
But Weiss apparently did not realize that the “Inside CECOT” would still stream in Canada, giving the public a chance to view the segment as reporters had intended.
Critics accusing CBS of censoring the story quickly shared the segment online Monday after discovering that it was available on the Global TV app. Using a VPN to connect to the app with a Canadian IP address was all it took to override Weiss’ block in the US, as 404 Media reported the segment was uploaded to “to a variety of file sharing sites and services, including iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent,” including on the recently revived file-sharing service LimeWire.
It’s currently also available to stream on the Internet Archive, where one reviewer largely summed up the public’s response so far, writing, “cannot believe this was pulled, not a dang thing wrong with this segment except it shows truth.”
_cryptagion [he/him] - 24hr
TIL Limewire is still a thing.
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witty_username @feddit.nl - 23hr
Inside-cecot-korn-limpbizkit-paparoach-RARE.mp3
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dylanmorgan @slrpnk.net - 22hr
Nah, that one is just Madonna calling you an idiot for ten minutes.
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starik @lemmy.zip - 23hr
Because of the Streisand Effect, this segment will get many more viewers than it otherwise would have, but CBS’ ratings may not reflect this because it was leaked before it will air in the US
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nocturne - 24hr
Based limewire
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dylanmorgan @slrpnk.net - 22hr
My heroes have always been pirates.
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Lushed_Lungfish @lemmy.ca - 21hr
When the world needed him most... He returned.
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SlartyBartFast @sh.itjust.works - 18hr
He was taking a napster but woke when the country went morally broke
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Batman @lemmy.world - 5hr
look for me on the coming of the third day, just as things seem darkest.
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Limewire helps release the 60 Minutes episode, “Inside CECOT,” that featured US deportees who were tortured or suffered physical or sexual abuse at a notorious Salvadoran prison
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/yo-what-limewire-re-emerges-in-online-rush-to-share-pulled-60-minutes-segment/“Welcome to hell,” one former inmate was told upon arriving, the segment reported, while also highlighting a clip of Donald Trump praising CECOT and its leadership for “great facilities, very strong facilities, and they don’t play games.”
Weiss controversially pulled the segment on Monday, claiming it could not air in the US because it lacked critical voices, as no Trump officials were interviewed. She claimed that the segment “did not advance the ball” and merely echoed others’ reporting, NBC News reported. Her plan was to air the segment when it was “ready,” insisting that holding stories “for whatever reason” happens “every day in every newsroom.”
But Weiss apparently did not realize that the “Inside CECOT” would still stream in Canada, giving the public a chance to view the segment as reporters had intended.
Critics accusing CBS of censoring the story quickly shared the segment online Monday after discovering that it was available on the Global TV app. Using a VPN to connect to the app with a Canadian IP address was all it took to override Weiss’ block in the US, as 404 Media reported the segment was uploaded to “to a variety of file sharing sites and services, including iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent,” including on the recently revived file-sharing service LimeWire.
It’s currently also available to stream on the Internet Archive, where one reviewer largely summed up the public’s response so far, writing, “cannot believe this was pulled, not a dang thing wrong with this segment except it shows truth.”
TIL Limewire is still a thing.
Inside-cecot-korn-limpbizkit-paparoach-RARE.mp3
Nah, that one is just Madonna calling you an idiot for ten minutes.
Because of the Streisand Effect, this segment will get many more viewers than it otherwise would have, but CBS’ ratings may not reflect this because it was leaked before it will air in the US
Based limewire
My heroes have always been pirates.
When the world needed him most... He returned.
He was taking a napster but woke when the country went morally broke
look for me on the coming of the third day, just as things seem darkest.
gandalf🍋🟩 wire