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It’s due to the third party doctrine, a Supreme Court precedent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_do
by samename 9mo ago
It’s due to the third party doctrine, a Supreme Court precedent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine
- avs733 9mo agowhich has been warped all out of any comprehensible reality. It hinges on the idea of 'voluntarily' turning over information. Much of what is now considered information voluntarily turned over isn't even information that people know exist much less that they are turning over much less doing so voluntarily.
- inetknght 9mo agoIt's not voluntary if you don't know about it.
- KennyBlanken 9mo agoRequiring someone pay for information by any common sense interpretation isn't voluntary. The courts have lost their goddamn minds.
- pseudalopex 9mo agoThe 3rd party doctrine is why it is allowed when no law restricts it. It does not prevent Congress to pass a law.
- samename 9mo agoAnd yet, Congress hasn't passed a law to prevent it