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"> which does seem pretty dumb if true Why is that? " Because governments have no right to ask private groups to hand over arbitrary, speculative bits of infor
by jariel 6y ago
"> which does seem pretty dumb if true
Why is that? "
Because governments have no right to ask private groups to hand over arbitrary, speculative bits of information.
They can ask for specific things relating to specific matters with a court order, but broad searches for loose search terms is ridiculous and probably unconstitutional.
- oneplane 6y agoYes they do. Maybe you'd like government not to have that power, but the reality is that we elected officials that made this lawful.
- jariel 6y agoNo they absolutely don't and every modern nation has rules against arbitrary search and seizure. In fact, this looks pretty crazy upon first glance, these keyword searches are very arbitrary and broad, it wouldn't hold up in most other scenarios, FB is right to take this to court.
- petre 6y agoIt's not arbitrary search and seizure. It's a legitimate request for FB to produce documents because they're under suspicion of abusing their market position.