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Link?
Lol what? Can you seriously not copy and paste 18 U.S. Code § 597 into any search engine for the internet?
How do I find the official source tho? The internet is full of misinformation and google loves to send me to content marketing third party untrustworthy trash.
Yes, you should always post a link to the authorative source
We're not going to handicap ourselves because you have an aversion for googling. Learn to research. It's legal code...gee I wonder if a .gov link might be legit.
You're on a link sharing website saying you dont want to share links. Is this your first time on the Internet?
Welcome, we share links here.
It's not that you asked for a link, it's your low effort way of asking that implies you are already skeptical of the information.
"Hey! I googled to look for it and I'm having a hard time finding where it officially says the statute. Mind sharing a link?"
They probably would have said "No problem. Let me google that for you. Here..."
I'm not asking for me. I'm trying to let you know that you should always cite your sources. The link is something you should always provide when you quote something.
If you want to get into it, it's links that aren't acceptable as citations. I'm academically published and onto of the number 1 rules of citations is that links on their own are never acceptable sources because they're ephemeral.
When I cite a book or journal entry, edition, and page number, that source will still exist in the future even if tracking it down is difficult. If I had cited a link to a Geocities site or a page that was edited after my publication, future researchers wouldn't be able to find my sources. Ever.
Sometimes, you have to cite a webpage, but if you do you it needs to include date accessed, the name of the page (sometimes sites change their urls and the data can be sniffed out afterwards if you know to look for the organization), and the relevant data should be copied into an Appendix in case it disappears forever.