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		walshemj on July 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Russia Moves To Ban Online Services That Don’t Sto... where the FSB can easily access it without those pesky court orders - this is part of Putins crackdown along with banning certain words from use period.

oddx on July 2, 2014 [–]

Secret court orders isn't problem in USA [1] nor UK [2], Russia only tries to keep up with Five Eyes.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Foreign_Intellig...

2. http://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/apr/04/clarke-defends-se...

walshemj on July 2, 2014 | [–]

Say what you will about the NSA SIS etc they at least do have some independent oversight.

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