Flag me no more

Stung by criticism of its dissident-flagging program, the White House has shut down its flag@whitehouse.gov program:

Phillips also confirmed that the e-mail account set up to field submissions from the public on “fishy” information about health care reform has been deactivated. This development was reported Monday morning by FOX News.

Their new site includes the notice:

Please refrain from submitting any individual’s personal information, including their email address, without their permission.

That wasn’t so hard, now was it?

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