[dockerd]

Meta didn't accept emergency request from police and needed county magistrate order to help assist in investigation.

"Meta has a portal for police to file requests to preserve records of accounts connected to criminal investigations. Like other social media companies, it has to hold the records—including emails, IP addresses, message transcripts and general usage history—for 90 days. It only hands over user data if it’s ordered to do so by a court.

There’s one way to expedite the request: file it as an emergency, meaning a child could be harmed or there’s risk of death. Larson believed this case qualified. He told Meta that a 17-year-old was already dead, and there was a high probability other kids were in danger, too.

*Meta declined his request within an hour, he says. “The request you submitted does not rise to the level of an emergency,” the company responded.*"

[Animats]

Meta was correct. "Exigent circumstances" to the 4th amendment warrant requirement did not apply, because there was no known potential victim at risk. So the cops needed to have a judge sign a warrant. Didn't take long.

[hsbauauvhabzb]

Legally correct maybe, but morally?

[stefs]

that's a slippery slope and exactly why we have a legal framework. "give me hsbauauvhabzbs private messages because he might send CP and thus it's your moral duty!" can be applied to everything. "oh, we didn't find any CP but we now still have their private correspondence on file."

[Animats]

If its not worth getting a judge out of bed, it's not an emergency.

[mrmetanoia]

Yes, absolutely morally. Respecting this process is part of maintaining important boundaries for everyone.