A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.
I imagine they got courts and lawyers and motions and hearings and stuff over there, even if the fight is doomed you need to show your teeth once in a while.
That’s not how it works. They can’t just refuse to comply with a lawful order from a judge. They could be put in actual jail. This affects all email providers.
what is this take based on? there’s a direct line between “we want this shit done” and “judge rubberstamps order”? no process, no interview, no hearing, no nothings? medieval courts maybe worked that way, no system of government I know of nowadays does.
That’s not how it works. They can’t just refuse to comply with a lawful order from a judge. They could be put in actual jail. This affects all email providers.
what is this take based on? there’s a direct line between “we want this shit done” and “judge rubberstamps order”? no process, no interview, no hearing, no nothings? medieval courts maybe worked that way, no system of government I know of nowadays does.
Every single government works this way. Court orders are not optional.