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52. My understanding is that

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 04:20 PM

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law enforcement agencies at various levels in the US routinely purchase or demand and get info from all the major social media platforms.

Given how reliant we've become on 'net-based communications from social media to email to cell phone calls, imho the Supreme Court made a grave error when it held that searched of those communications –– unlike those via the USPS and land line telephones –– would not require warrants.

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