cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1874605

A 17-year-old from Nebraska and her mother are facing criminal charges including performing an illegal abortion and concealing a dead body after police obtained the pair’s private chat history from Facebook, court documents published by Motherboard show.

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[–] 8 points 3 years ago (3 children)

How do we know that Fediverse will be any different? After all if it is a law and you get a legal subponae, you comply with it.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It probably wouldn't be.

    The thing is, Meta has the money and power to fight against injustices like this, but instead, they're complicit, and I'd prefer their corrupting influence stay far, far away from the fediverse.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    Agree. People like to act like Lemmy is a utopia where privacy is always protected and what not. The fact is when it comes down to it, the admins have to comply with the law. If a warrant shows up at their door, they got no choice but to give up information.

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