Re:Reddit CEO admits to altering user comments that were cri...
by wildmusings on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @08:22PM
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When a website receives a court order or congressional subpoena to preserve data, they are under penalty of perjury and contempt of court/congress to not alter it. Physical evidence can be just as subject to tampering as digital data. For both, the integrity of the court system is enforced with strong penalties for those who are dishonest.
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Re:Reddit CEO admits to altering user comments that were cri...
by SomeStupidPoint on Thursday November 24, 2016 @02:28AM
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The problem isn't tampering after a request -- it's before.
If the reddit admin edits of comments aren't appropriately stored in comment history, the logs turned over won't tell the whole story, but reddit will (mistakenly) testify that it's the complete history.
You can even add a dash of malice: an exec edits a rival's post, but the subpoena is filled by a line tech (possibly unaware of the admin tools, even).
Unless the defense knows to press reddit on the actual veracity of their logs and ways they could be compromised, the erroneous data seems a fact to the court.
Re:Reddit CEO admits to altering user comments that were cri...
by reddytowns on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @08:35PM
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Wait, they can't just delete the parts they don't like and then claim the data was "personal"? ducks