Box couldn't give the content to law enforcement no matter what because it's encrypted and only the owner has the encryption keys, forcing the law enforcement official back to you to get at it.
The EC's intent here is also to bolster cooperation between tech firms, trusted flaggers (aka third party specialist organization that help platforms with identifying problem content) and law enforcement authorities.
What the A.C.L.U. is arguing, he said, is "that the information is content and that law enforcement should meet a higher standard to prove their need for it".
Vaz said it was alarming the companies had teams of "only a few hundred" employees to monitor billions of social media accounts and that Twitter did not even proactively report extremist content to the law enforcement agencies.
Since every American would have a stake in keeping the data private and ensuring that only the limited content vital to law enforcement was recorded, there would be far less likelihood of government misuse than in the case of a more selective database.
He declined to share its contents, but a law enforcement official said that Mr. Devlin asked the friends to make sure his wife and children were taken care of.
Instead of pursuing content, Hayden suggested that law enforcement agencies turn to metadata.
Opponents criticized the bill, saying that it would actually discourage technology companies from voluntarily monitoring their services for terrorist content and working with law enforcement.
The U.K. already removes thousands of pieces of online content, with a dedicated law enforcement unit called the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) instigating the removal of more than 55,000 pieces of online content in the four years since it was set up — some 34,000 of which have been removed since December 2013.
The company, in its Community Standards, notes, "We remove content and may escalate to law enforcement when we perceive a genuine risk of physical harm, or a direct threat to public safety.
