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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by sph on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @05:16PM (#35620317)
Well shit, this was my reason not to ever visit the US, but I live in Britain so I'm fucked anyway.
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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by jmclnx on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @05:44PM (#35620715)
I wish I could laugh, seems the US, UK and Australia are in a competition to see who can out do each other.

What is it with English Speaking Countries ? I guess Canada is OK because of Quebec keeps them sane :)

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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by yamtaddle on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:12PM (#35621108)
> What is it with English Speaking Countries ?

Legal systems based on common-law?

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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by louloulou on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:20PM (#35621196)
Canada has the same shit, NZ too.
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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by upofadown on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @07:01PM (#35621689)
Apparently not for the Canadian case:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law#Canada

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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by jmclnx on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @10:21AM (#35628535)
>In a 2010 Quebec Court of Appeal case the court stated that a password compelled from an individual by law enforcement "is inadmissible and that renders the subsequent seizure of the data unreasonable

Quebec for the win :)

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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by ta1243 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:26AM (#35626457)
France and Belgium also have similar laws backed by imprisonment
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Re:French publisher arrested in London for his refusal to te... by ta1243 on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:24AM (#35626445)
Literally been like this for over 15 years, and people were sent to jail from 2009 onwards because of it

https://www.theregister.com/2009/11/24/ripa_jfl

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