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In what appears to be an escalating incursion into a user’s digital privacy, a collective of film companies continue to implore the court to compel Reddit to surrender its users’ personal details. This move is part of an ongoing piracy liability case against Internet Service Providers. Reddit, however, steadfastly resists, staunchly defending its users’ rights to anonymous speech.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could the selection be intentional? A silly unenforceable case to open the door for a more comprehensive invasion of privacy on platforms to make discussion and hosting discussion of piracy into a riskier endeavor?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is what I'm thinking. This is just a case of them seeing how far they can take it. Once precedent is set they can start to litigate based on a user merely mentioning that they pirated a movie.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Could be that they're seeking exhaustion so that can push more of their privacy breaking bullshit in international trade agreements.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Exactly what the trick is. Once the precedent is set, they can exploit the hell out of it.