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> Laws can and have been written that require companies to gather data. Not just that. Laws can (and probably have been) written that require companies to gath
by baddox 11y ago
> Laws can and have been written that require companies to gather data.
Not just that. Laws can (and probably have been) written that require companies to gather data and to explicitly lie about it.
- chainsaw10 11y ago> to explicitly lie about it. Maybe I'm dense or naive, but I don't think there's any precedent for that. A gag order is one thing (and there are certainly places for it), but forcing someone to lie would hopefully violate the First Amendment.
- SideburnsOfDoom 11y ago> Maybe I'm dense or naive, but I don't think there's any precedent for that. It's well know about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/04/warrant-canary-faq https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/04/warrant-canary-faq
- tedunangst 11y agoIt's strange that chainsaw10 is being downvoted for their comment. From the second link above, "Have courts upheld compelled false speech? No, and the cases on compelled speech have tended to rely on truth as a minimum requirement." That sounds more like there is not precedent to force people to tell explicit lies.