Law enforcement requests for user data from Apple, Google and Meta means that these companies can decide whether government officials have access to your personal information, including location data. This means that companies that have the most insight into our lives, movements, and communications are the forefront of our constitutional rights and the rights of non-American citizens-the fact that some are likely to feel more acute than ever.
Co -operation between Big Tech and the Trump administration began before Donald Trump’s oath on January 20. Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft and Uber each gave Trump $ 1 million. Separately, in personal assistance, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta and Tim Cook Apple did the same.
Americans are concerned about the Trump administration and its arms from the Silicon Valley, they may become “digital immigrants”-digital life out of the US-based systems. At the same time, Europeans begin to see US data services as “other safe” for jobs, governments and communities.
Here is a summary of privacy, security and civil freedoms related to the use of digital services based in the United States that suddenly feel more immediate-and what they do.
Drowning
Forecasting Trump, Facebook, Instagram and Meta, citing the values of the Trump administration, changed severe policies to allow hate and abuse speech “in topics such as immigration and gender”. Meta also showed his allegiance by laughing at his reality examinations-a frequent goal of Ire Maga World. Two days after the inauguration, Meta quietly took the pro -life moderation measures by suppressing post -repression and suspension. Zuckerberg explained the company’s new route to the staff and said, “We now have the opportunity to cooperate with the US government.”
Meta immediately did not respond to our request to comment on participation, sharing data, or changing policy.
Google followed this suit. The company changed the maps and search results to rename the world – the Gulf of Mexico – despite the United States changing control of less than 50 % of the Persian Gulf, renamed Trump’s executive order. Apple and Microsoft also followed Trump’s order.
Google’s consumer products also received their updates in accordance with the new government, including further changes to maps, calendars and search. Next, Google eliminated the “forbidden” conditions of the new government from its Google Health product. Then, on his general promise to build AI tools with weapons, such as the Project Dragonfly, which was discovered in 2018, he made Google’s entire platform tailor to suppress China’s offensive to its citizens. When you came to the comment, Google did not respond immediately.
The big technique is important with the Trump administration because its business models rely on our personal data monitoring and entertainment. Meta, Google, Apple and other largest technology companies are goalkeepers standing between privacy and government requests for user data. Even when technology companies have to comply with the law, they can still decide how much information they collect and how long they store data.
Government wages
Current US laws on technology, privacy and government requests such as fourth and fifth reforms, US court rulings, and technical companies’ willingness to question the Federal Government’s opinion on access to personal information and our location data. Apple, Google and Meta each have a language enforcement data requests that seem to have over our backs. Now, despite companies that form specific policies, tools, and ways to achieve “partnership” with the Trump administration, their power is new to our data.
In general, law enforcement can force US companies to submit user data using summoning, court order, search order, or in rare cases, National Security Letter (NSL). As Google explains, the NSL is “one of the officials granted under the Foreign Information Supervisory Act (FISA).” Google adds: “FISA orders and permits can be used to coercion of electronic monitoring and disclosure of stored data, including service content such as Gmail, Drive and photos.” How companies respond to these demands can vary in terms of subsequent methods.
