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Re:Google deletes artist’s blog, a decade of his work by tener on Friday July 15, 2016 @05:08PM (#12103855)
In some jurisdictions it is illegal to let your client know they are being secretely investigated. Such statement may interfere with the investigation - they may destroy the evidence etc.
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Re:Google deletes artist’s blog, a decade of his work by Karunamon on Friday July 15, 2016 @06:18PM (#12104191)
If that's actually what's happening. Google's policy seems to be radio silence in all cases.
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Re:Google deletes artist’s blog, a decade of his work by lotharbot on Saturday July 16, 2016 @01:37AM (#12105368)
> "Google's policy seems to be radio silence in all cases"

This may be an intentional decision to cooperate with law enforcement. If they only go silent in the case of ongoing investigations, then "Google went silent" functions in the same way as "the warrant canary disappeared" does for other sites, which could in theory jeopardize an investigation.

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