• grue@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    This is them enforcing their agenda regardless of what the courts rule, because they can’t effectively be ordered to put back data that physically no longer exists.

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      12 hours ago

      They could have made a backup for themselves and the courts would never know.

      To just outright delete the data and not keep a backup for themselves is some kind of achievement in stupidity.

      Like if the nobel peace prize was instead the nobel stupid prize for those special individuals that really push the envelope in doing something exceptionally stupid, nobel stupid prize 2025 to Elon’s entire dweeb squad.

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        12 hours ago

        They could have made a backup for themselves and the courts would never know.

        Sure, they could… but if it’s worth hiding from the courts, why would they give up that secret for something as unimportant as nuclear security either?