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2022-12-21 02:09:44 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 884D0DE8B1C2B16E8D568E9AEA98F14B4D7D3A8AEC0AE6C280D1C43D66DD845B
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These requests from law-enforcement agencies are legal, made under Title 17 of the US Code, ยง2703(d). Companies receiving such requests are allowed to be compensated for their work in complying with the requests. A far better explanation is here: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/20/no-the-fbi-is-not-paying-twitter-to-censor/ See also: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2703 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_re_Application_of_the_United_States_for_Historical_Cell_Site_Data
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