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>>lxm+(OP)
I'm curious if we'll ever find out what they thought they'd learn from this.

>>myself+p5
From the article, that’s why they withdrew it.

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“ The subpoena, issued as part of an investigation seeking to identify a child sexual exploitation offender, was withdrawn after investigators found the person through other means, according to a notice the Justice Department sent to USA TODAY's attorneys Saturday.”

>>mathat+P5
Sounds like they subpoenaed dozens of websites. While USA Today fought it, the rest fell right over without mentioning it/fighting it.

I’ve seen this before where a user got an email from Google legal about a subpoena against them, spent $7k successfully fighting it, but it didn’t matter because several other $BigCos didn’t even let the user know.

>>Scound+6S
I’m not American and I’m curious what is your personal position on this. And I wonder how far your logic transfers to the real world. If FBI subpoenas you to show CCTV records in your convenience store to identify a suspected child molester, do you insist you should fight that subpoena and “let the user know”?

To what extent do Americans want to not help investigate crimes to defend corporations “protecting user privacy” (all while these corporations collect and keep the data to themselves and do as they please, including profiling and selling it to third parties).

I guess there is some greater good that your position intends to stand for, but what is that greater good?

Genuinely curious.