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Microsoft case: DoJ says it can demand every email from any US-based provider
The United States government has the right to demand the emails of anyone in the world from any email provider headquartered within US borders, Department of Justice (DoJ) lawyers told a federal appeals court on Wednesday. The case being heard in the second circuit court of appeals is between the US and Microsoft and concerns a search warrant that the government argues should compel Microsoft to retrieve emails held on a Hotmail server in Ireland.
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That's every email. Not just emails between US residents to people elsewhere, it's every goddamned email, no matter what.
That's insane. There is no reason why the DOJ should feel itself entitled to such a request. This is no reasonable request. And I appreciate Microsoft trying to fight it.
Move the headquarters to China, they would never do something like this.