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DC Judge Approves Government Warrant For Data From Anti-Trump Website (reuters.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the innocent-until-proven-guilty dept.

According to Reuters, a D.C. Superior Court judge on Thursday approved a government warrant seeking data from an anti-Trump website related to Inauguration Day protests, but he added protections to safeguard "innocent users." From the report: Chief Judge Robert Morin said DreamHost, a Los Angeles-based web-hosting company, must turn over data about visitors to the website disruptj20.org, which is a home to political activists who organized protests at the time of Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president in January. Morin, who will oversee review of the data, said the government must explain what protocols it will use to make sure prosecutors do not seize the data of "innocent users." Morin said at a hearing on Thursday that he recognized the tension between free speech rights and law enforcement's need to search digital records for evidence. He said he added safeguards to his order granting the government's request for information in an effort to balance those two concerns. Besides reviewing the prosecutors' privacy protocols, Morin also shortened the time frame for records to those generated from October to Inauguration Day and instructed the prosecutors to explain why anything they want to seize is germane to the investigation.

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  1. Still the same? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    And the libertarians will still claim that both parties are still the same.

    Even though libertarians are just republican't who want legal weed./p.

    1. Re:Still the same? by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Liberals didn't complain when Obama Administration lied about tapping data of every cell phone, or when it was caught spying on Americans (multiple times) for political gain.

      Sorry, but Libertarians are the ONLY ones calling out the hypocrisy of both the D and R parties, who use government to oppress their opponents.

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    2. Re:Still the same? by ClickOnThis · · Score: 4, Insightful

      But you have to admit, many (most) liberals didn't really care because it was against Republicans

      You are confused. Nobody has to admit that. You are the one making the claim, so you have to prove it.

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  2. Re:DC Judge? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hey, you have to right to say most anything you want but when you start conspiring to start riots, that's where your rights end.