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Did they want the readership data for malicious, unjustified reasons?
by whereis 5y ago
Did they want the readership data for malicious, unjustified reasons?
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y agoProbably not
- chrischen 5y agoThey probably just wanted it to make their jobs easier.
- serf 5y agoThat's a brilliant side-step over a morality qualm, without ever really answering the question.
- subroutine 5y agoWhat do you mean?
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- decremental 5y ago"They probably just wanted it [...]" is the same as writing "No, they probably wanted it [...]."
- xwolfi 5y agoNo: they wanted to identify one sex offender, probably because they knew he read this article somehow. They did not care who read the article itself which was benign. They wanted to create a precedent to make their job easier, not realizing maybe people care less abt solving crimes than making it forever possible to track who reads what.
- tootie 5y agoIt's in the article. It was a criminal investigation. This is no different than subpoenaing phone records or financial records. They had a very narrow target and a specific objective well within their purview and serving the public interest. The subpoena was withdrawn because they caught the guy.