That might bring him pleasure.

Dip him in acid.

That doesn't sound misleading in the slightest, because that's not the definition of misleading. It sounds like a fucking lie.

This measured response feels much healthier than my/our kneejerk reactions. Any prosecutor is going to seek information that would help their case, and they expect the Court to simply say No when it isn’t compatible with the law. It sucks that this Trump admin and retributive DOJ have such an anti-American track record that our initial instinct is that every move is another attempt to suppress criticism (which it likely would be if they had any scintilla of competence to go with their thirst for fascism).

These kinds of posts and titles on Lemmy are a serious issue that I've noticed over the last 6 to 7 months.

There appears to be a serious issue with moderation and a lot of Lemmy subs.

I'm not calling for any Reddit styled moderation here. Absolutely not. I'm just saying something needs to happen here to better moderate these subs.

So they are using a form of harassment? Get them to look at the cost of sending someone vs just betraying one user. Of course the blowback as reddit shows it would betray your anonymity could be a pr disaster.

If the article is correct then the whole demand is truly bizarre. There seems to be nothing in the reddit user's postings to warrant this amount of concern. The fact that his comments are innocuous may be to set a precedent that any criticism, regardless of severity, can be prosecuted or at least intimidation.

No, it's not volunteering, at least not anymore.

Subpoena is legal Latin for "under penalty," because noncompliance with a subpoena carries a penalty.

Originally, it was an information request from the feds, and Reddit refused. Then they escalated to getting a grand jury subpoena (which means they got a bunch of normal citizens to agree that the information was relevant to a criminal investigation), so now noncompliance carries a penalty.

Reddit notified the users, who hired their own lawyers, who are resisting the subpoena and will litigate it to where they need a judge to decide whether Reddit will have to turn the information over.

That's the process for these things, and we're a couple steps in already.

I copy pasted the headline from Particle. Apologies

Be grateful they are incompetent.

The Reddit hivemind is a bit like AI, now that I think about it.

They'll give you a confident, reasonable sounding answer. Any accuracy will be completely accidental.

I don't get it. Once ID checks are here, do they think people will keep expressing these kinds of opinions publicly? Oh course not, they're just going to keep going further underground online or find offline ways, do they really think we'll just keep posting incriminating stuff with our real name attached?

They want to intimidate people, imho.

They are doing a parallel construction so they can publicly make accusations. It's not reassuring I assure you.

They want to prosecute peope in open court so using the NSA to id people would be inconvenient (but not impossible).

are they trying to set a legal precedent?

Yes, of course.

Why would they be acting? It’s probably not a first amendment test.

Grand juries are usually formalities with a very low bar. There's a phrase that you can indict a ham sandwich. Not getting a "true bill" is honestly an embarrassment that many prosecutors never see in their entire career.

I could have seen this get blocked here, but there are still many steps ahead, each will get harder to move forward with.

Fun fact: I just wrapped up a case as a juror (not a grand juror) this morning. We rendered a verdict of not guilty because there was plenty of reasonable doubt to be had.

probably a ALL-PRO ice jury.

I am no fan of reddit but in this case Reddit appears to have championed this users anonymity going so far as to actively draw the ire of the administration.

• Reddit refused to comply with the initial administrative subpoena
• the Federal government came back with this grand jury subpoena and warned Reddit not to disclose the existence of the subpoena or they’d consider it interference in federal law enforcement
• Reddit complied with this new legally binding subpoena, but did not comply with the demand to keep it a secret. In the contrary, they immediately alerted the user of the subpoena which allowed him time to immediately lawyer up.

You’re not wrong that you’re not safe posting on Reddit, but if this case is any indication you’re not any less safe posting in Reddit than any other site, including Lemmy.

From what I've been hearing that hasn't been working anymore.

Can you do that for a banned account?

Ya. I just got a 7 day ban for telling people to go and train with their guns at shooting ranges just to get used to using them before the civil war starts.

bro you need to relax and touch some grass, fr fr.