They will go to court and fight it.

Key takeaways

01 Reddit disclosed user information in 69% of legal requests in the first half of 2026.

02 Reddit challenged US subpoenas seeking data on users who posted about ICE.

03 Reddit refused a German prosecutor’s informal request to identify a women’s strike activist.

04 Reddit rejected 34 fraudulent legal requests from entities posing as government agencies.

So what happens is that Reddit is being very formal when it comes to legal requests. They will not simply hand over info just because law enforcement asks for it and they weed out false requests.

Even legal requests that are formally legally binding will be denied if Reddit deems them unlawful.

They still gave out data for 69% of legal requests - we don’t know what these requests are about. Those can be cases a regular person might see no problem in answering, e.g. CSAM or fraught cases. But we can’t say this for sure.

The Germany in the headline is doing some heavy lifting as it is only one case were a prosecutor made an informal request.

But what I still see as a positive is Reddit’s undeniable transparancy when it comes to publishing these reports every six months.

Edit: format

nicht mehr alles von einem Menschen abhängt.

Das ist grundsätzlich eine gute Idee. Bei gewissen Patriarchen hat man schon das Problem, dass sie sich einerseits für unersetzlich halten und andererseits oft ihr Wissen exklusiv halten. Wenn dann plötzlich etwas passiert und die Person fällt komplett aus, dann regiert gerne das Chaos.

Ich sehe nicht, warum man das nicht auch bei DACH teilen könnte. Es ist ein Artikel eines deutschsprachigen Mediums. Und die Auswirkungen auf die Aktienkurse und die Wirtschaft werden sich weltweit bemerkbar machen.

Was mich an der Sache irritiert, ist dass diese Affären für ihn tatsächlich diese Konsequenzen haben. Eigentlich ist er auch im Trump’schen Dunstkreis unterwegs gewesen. Die Tech-Milliardäre sind doch sonst mit Teflon beschichtet.

Außerdem habe ich zu der Behauptung, dass die erste Affäre angeblich eine Spionin sein könnte, bislang keine Aussage von den üblichen Stellen gesehen. Nicht, dass ich danach geschaut habe, aber ich hätte zumindest in den Artikeln eine Erwähnung erwartet.

Es wird spannend, wer die Nachfolge antritt und ob und falls ja, wer da Aktien in günstiger aufkauft.

Edit: da gerade gesehen

Trump wurde aus US-Sicherheitskreisen schon im Mai, im Vorfeld seines Staatsbesuchs in China, über die Verbindung Huangs zu einer mutmaßlichen Spionin informiert, unternahm aber nichts. https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/nvidia-huang-rolle-100.html

Das waren sicherlich die beworbenen Änderungen für KI, die von anderen benutzt wird. Verkäufer müssen z.B. demnächst zumindest ein nicht mit KI bearbeitetes Foto einstellen laut dem Seller Handbook

Aber die KI, die sie selbst oder Drittanbieter trainieren wollen, da ist das doch etwas ganz anderes… https://www.valueaddedresource.net/etsy-expands-ai-training-rights/

The article boils down to “preparations are underway to restore the Kehlsteinhaus”. But that’s not really informative, even little misleading at this point.

Politicians have been in favour of a “Wiederaufbau” right from the start - which can be translated as a rebuild. But it doesn’t have to be reconstruction that just mimics the old building.

An expert commission is supposed to work out how exactly this should be handled.

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/expertenkommission-soll-wiederaufbau-von-kehlsteinhaus-vorbereiten-100.html

I don’t know if such a commission has even started working. And knowing German bureaucracy, it will take some time until they can even think about starting any serious rebuild.

The newest info I found is an article with updates from October 30 and November 9.

October 30:

Die Aufräumarbeiten nach dem Brand am Kehlsteinhaus in Berchtesgaden sind vom Winter eingeholt worden. Der Zweckverband Bergerlebnis Berchtesgaden will das schwer beschädigte Gebäude nach der Freigabe durch die Polizei mit Zäunen, Gerüsten und weiteren Schutzmaßnahmen absichern. Damit sollen zusätzliche Schäden durch Schnee, Frost und Wind verhindert, aber auch ein unbefugtes Betreten oder mögliche Plünderungen verhindert werden.

Wenn das Wetter es zulässt, sollen Hubschrauber Absperr- und Gerüstmaterial sowie weitere Baustoffe auf den Kehlstein bringen. Wie hoch der Schaden ist, bleibt weiter offen.

The clean-up work following the fire at the Kehlsteinhaus in Berchtesgaden has been hampered by the onset of winter. The Bergerlebnis Berchtesgaden Association intends to secure the badly damaged building with fences, scaffolding and other protective measures once the police have given the all-clear. This is intended to prevent further damage caused by snow, frost and wind, as well as to deter unauthorised entry and potential looting.

Weather permitting, helicopters are to transport barrier and scaffolding materials, as well as other building materials, to the Kehlstein. The extent of the damage remains unclear.

November 9

Nach dem Brand am Kehlsteinhaus in Berchtesgaden haben die Sicherungsarbeiten an der Ruine begonnen. Mithilfe eines Transporthubschraubers wurde am Donnerstag (5. November) ein Turmdrehkran auf dem mehr als 1800 Meter hohen Kehlstein installiert. Die einzelnen Elemente des Krans mussten wegen der schwer zugänglichen Lage des Gebäudes per Hubschrauber nach oben geflogen werden.

Mit dem Kran soll nun ein Notdach über der weitgehend ausgebrannten Ruine errichtet werden. Das Gebäude soll damit vor Schnee, Regen und Frost geschützt und winterfest gemacht werden. Zudem ist der Kehlsteinaufzug nach einer TÜV-Prüfung wieder eingeschränkt nutzbar. 

Following the fire at the Kehlsteinhaus in Berchtesgaden, work to secure the ruins has begun. On Thursday (5 November), a tower crane was installed on the Kehlstein, which stands at an altitude of more than 1,800 metres, with the aid of a transport helicopter. Due to the building’s remote location, the individual components of the crane had to be flown up by helicopter.

The crane will now be used to erect a temporary roof over the largely burnt-out ruins. This is intended to protect the building from snow, rain and frost and make it winter-proof. In addition, the Kehlstein lift is once again available for limited use following a TÜV inspection.

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Not every comparison is a good one.

Seems like one part of the problem stems from keeping their Russian connections. Though groceries and regular consumer clothing aren’t included in sanctions, people still look rather unfavourably on companies who kept their stores and factories in Russia after the country invaded Ukraine.

And if they are unlucky their Russian operations can still be seized as it has happened to other companies…

I’m not sure how much research you’ve done beforehand - if the other comment and link did not help or for general questions you can also check the info provided by the germany sub on reddit (it pains me to link reddit, but this sub frequently deals with questions about studying and working in Germany and has accumulated info and guides).

https://reddit.com/r/germany/w/studying/general?

Why am I not surprised to find you here… ;D

Guess you’ll update our owl knowledge further with the BBC logo - I know we already covered the coin design in the superbowl community.

It’s so sad to see attacks like this happening. Wishing that the wounded will recover. My thoughts are with the victims and their families and friends.

The article’s been updated due to Elon coming up with a “reason”:

Starshield operations restored to normal speed, Zelensky confirms as Elon Musk claims Ukraine violated Starlink terms

Editor’s note: This article was updated with additional comments by U.S. Billionaire Elon Musk, former Defense Ministry Adviser Serhii Sternenko, and Presidential adviser Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov.

Elon Musk weighs in

Musk later said that Ukraine’s military violated the terms of service for Starlink, adding that the “loophole” has now been closed.

“Were Starlink to be turned off, the Ukrainian front line would collapse immediately. This is not a threat, it is simply a statement of fact,” Musk said.

He also claimed that SpaceX has done more than any other company to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s war.

Ukrainian activist and former Defense Ministry adviser Serhii Sternenko denied that Ukraine violated Starlink’s terms of service.

“As someone who was inside the process at the Ministry of Defense, I can say with certainty that this is not true. In February of this year, whitelists were introduced. Stationary terminals could be registered by both military personnel and civilians,” he said in a post to X.

“But for any satellite terminal to work while on the move, it had to be added to a special list and connected to the military Starshield system. Otherwise, no satellite communication terminals in Ukraine would work,” Sternenko added.

Using Starlink for drone missions has been “technically impossible” since all drone campaigns that require satellite communications would only work with the military Starshield service, he said.

Presidential adviser Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov also denied Musk’s claims, saying that all Starlink terminals operating in Ukraine have a speed restriction of 70-90 kilometers an hour and do not work on Russian territory.

“Thus, we physically cannot use commercial Starlink for deep strikes and medium-range strikes,” he said in a post to Facebook. “It is very strange that Elon Musk is not aware of Starlink restrictions in Ukraine.”

Absolute BS, Elon.

And your company is being paid for services. If you make stuff up and threaten your clients it’s the opposite of good advertising.

Last night

That’s today from the nearby webcam

No no no! You got that wrong. The NSDAP at its core was a leftist party!

(According to Alice Weidel)

Might be a dog whistle, might be a simple mistake stemming from her being German. Your guess is correct, in German the country’s name has an article and is called “die Ukraine” (no, not meant as a Bart Simpson reference).

I’m not sure about the company structure for their international markets. So I don’t know the rules. But from what I’ve read they brought their concepts of shopping cart “deposits”, cashiers working at unexpexted speeds and - oh the horror - chairs for their cashiers to actually sit on during work.

OP, could you please provide a translation per community rule #1?

It’s not explicitly mentioned by DW, but other reports mention that Poland’s main suspect is Russia.

The state of Israel itself is officially not involved in the Block case, as far as I know. It is just my guess going by ties to the security sector of Israel.

The whole Block case is a hot mess. Hanning is a member of the supervisory board of a security company that got hired. He did some “consulting” and hired other people and was involved in information gathering. He supposedly involved an Israeli security company. Ex-Mossad agents were hired. Supposedly two abduction attempts and the idea to plant CSAM on the ex-husband with the help of Israeli expertise.

Edit: Update due to a news article from SPIEGEL I just read - it’s likely Aserbaidjan.