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Authorities reportedly ordered Google to reveal the identities of some YouTube videos' viewers
- Undercover cops in Kentucky sought to identify an individual suspected of money laundering through bitcoin transactions.
- The government ordered Google to provide user information related to YouTube videos to aid in the investigation.
- Privacy experts raised concerns about the violation of constitutional rights due to the warrants issued in the case.
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Google was ordered to identify people who watched certain YouTube videos.
Police investigating suspected Bitcoin money laundering wanted info on viewers of certain tutorial videos viewed over 30,000 times, Forbes reported. The documents reportedly don’t reveal whether Google gave over the information.
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Authorities reportedly ordered Google to reveal the identities of some YouTube videos' viewers
Federal authorities in the US asked Google for the names, addresses, telephone numbers and user activity of the accounts that watched certain YouTube videos between January 1 and 8, 2023, according to unsealed court documents viewed by Forbes.
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In a sensational report recently published by the US magazine Forbes, it was revealed that US authorities have requested all YouTube user data from viewers of certain videos.
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