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[FYI] U.S.: Search warrants for online data soar
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- Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 16:44:10 +0000
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07/28/00- Updated 09:41 AM ET
Search warrants for online data soar
By Will Rodger, USATODAY.com
The number of search warrants seeking citizens' online data has
soared during the past several years, a USATODAY.com study shows.
The findings, based on an examination of search warrants served on
the nation's largest Internet service provider, America Online, came
as a surprise to federal lawmakers and civil libertarians and are
prompting calls for legal reforms.
The warrants, served by state and local investigators from across the
nation, were aimed at discovering the identity and activities of AOL
subscribers. In 1997, AOL was served with 33 search warrants,
according to court logs in Loudoun County, Va., where AOL is based.
That number jumped to 167 in 1998 and 301 in 1999 — an increase of
more than 800% since 1997.
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