politics
December 24, 2025
“Yo what?” LimeWire re-emerges in online rush to share pulled “60 Minutes” segment
Redditor jokes LimeWire is now a “champion against the darkness.”
TL;DR
- A "60 Minutes" segment titled "Inside CECOT" about abuses at a Salvadoran prison was blocked from US airing by CBS Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss.
- Weiss claimed the segment lacked balance, not including interviews with Trump officials.
- The segment was accessible in Canada and quickly spread online via file-sharing services after the US block.
- Critics and CBS journalists questioned the decision, with some viewing it as censorship and a political move.
- The situation led to a resurgence of the file-sharing service LimeWire as a means to distribute the suppressed content.
- Correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi stated the segment had cleared all internal checks and called the decision political, not editorial.
- PEN America stated that postponing the report due to the government's non-response damages journalistic integrity.
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