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> The court orders show the government telling Google to provide the names, addresses, telephone numbers and user activity for all Google account users who acce
by WillieCubed 2y ago
> The court orders show the government telling Google to provide the names, addresses, telephone numbers and user activity for all Google account users who accessed the YouTube videos between January 1 and January 8, 2023.
Interesting aside: Viacom used a similar broad request back in 2008 [1] in its lawsuit that nearly put YouTube out of business in its infancy. This time, it's the government making the request, and Google has way more data to potentially provide.
[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20100702111029/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gvFPgT3MNrzaN7r-Y37eFI-qv4bA https://web.archive.org/web/20100702111029/http://afp.google...