Canadian sues DHS over it having compelled Google, et. al. to hand over his data.
The Canadian John Doe plaintiff on Monday sued Markwayne Mullin, the current DHS secretary, in a lawsuit that contends DHS is engaged in “a transparent gambit to chill speech the government doesn’t like.” The suit was brought by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) offices in D.C., where DHS is located, and in northern California, the jurisdiction where Google has its headquarters.
“I have long admired the United States for its commitment to free speech,” the plaintiff said in a statement released by the ACLU. “Never in a million years did I think that, after criticizing the U.S. government, I would be targeted with a summons seeking to find out who I am, where I live, where I go and what I read online. You don’t have to be from America to know that this is un-American.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-dhs-aclu-lawsuit-canadian-john-doe-9.7187851
I’ll admit that I’m curious about what John Doe posted online to provoke this kind of investigation, as in less crazy times I could imagine a more arguable need for the feds to investigate. However, hotel WiFi sucks / I have an early morning tomorrow, so my seeking out a copy of the suit will have to wait until I return back to dystopia.
EDIT: Milestones Toward an Authoritarian Government - #2369 by now_samantha (and it looks like there’s a link to the actual complaint in the linked article there)
Milestones Toward an Authoritarian Government - #2369 by now_samantha (and it looks like there’s a link to the actual complaint in the linked article there)