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		jl2718 on June 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: USA Today resists FBI subpoena seeking IP addresse... Maybe they could have easily gotten the data otherwise,but decided to do the right thing by requesting it through the direct channel and allowing this process to take place through the legal system.

throwaway0a5e on June 5, 2021 [–]

Yup.

I read pedos or terrorists combined with a different than usual request for information as a red flag for "fishing for a precedent".

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