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I got multiple C&Ds for publishing public information, provided directly from the US government as giant CSV files (PPP loan data, provided under FOIA), through a web interface that made it easy to search loan recipients and analyze distribution of COVID relief funds.

Many of the C&Ds came from people who were later indicted for defrauding the government, some of them in hilariously inept ways.



This sounds like interesting research - could you share a link to your results?


Absolutely - I created the website pppwatch.com, which currently has searchable aggregates of the data from the official SBA data source [1]. The individual loan search is down right now, not because of any C&D letters, but simply to save some money on the search cluster while I have been revamping the site in my free time with some new analysis.

1. https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/covid-19-relief-o...


Thanks, that led me on a disturbing deep dive... It's super frustrating to know that so many people (even in my city) were handed hundreds of thousands, no questions asked.

Honestly I wish I had used the LLC that I actually own to do the same thing. When the system is designed to promote cheating...




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