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submitted 1 year ago by JRepin@lemmy.ml to c/technology@beehaw.org

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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[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 24 points 1 year ago

One of the many, many, many reasons to keep Meta out of the Fediverse if it can be managed.

[-] bankimu@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] AndrewZabar@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Dude it’s not really called complicit anymore they’re effectively a subsidiary of the government.

[-] SafetyGoggles@feddit.de 8 points 1 year 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.

[-] kukkurovaca@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

From an opsec standpoint, certainly. Or they'll kick in your door like the Kolektiva admin. Definitely best to use end to end encryption if you have any need to protect yourself from state actors. But also fuck meta

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