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What happens if Twitter refuses? It's probably going to take a tech giant like this, Google, etc. to stand up to the United States government. I just can't see
by prophetjohn 15y ago
What happens if Twitter refuses? It's probably going to take a tech giant like this, Google, etc. to stand up to the United States government. I just can't see Twitter getting their domains seized or their servers confiscated or anything extreme like that. It would be a huge story and I can't imagine that drawing attention to something so unconstitutional (IANAL, but it's gotta be, right?) is what the government wants.
- JoshTriplett 15y agoTwitter won't refuse, and if they did, their servers would get seized and the information would get taken from those servers by force. As much as it might sometimes work to our advantage, processes like this do not typically consider how things look in the press. If they did, we wouldn't see as many horrific stories like this in the press as we currently do.
- nextparadigms 15y agoCouldn't Twitter do it anyway, allow them to take the info by force, let them reinstate their servers, and then sue the Government for damages?
- JoshTriplett 15y ago> Couldn't Twitter do it anyway, allow them to take the info by force, let them reinstate their servers, and then sue the Government for damages? Good luck with that. The government would simply argue that Twitter could easily have avoided the damages by cooperating ("you brought this on yourself").