Judge Rules Against Microsoft in E-mail Search Dispute

U.S. Magistrate Judge James Francis in New York ruled that Internet service providers must turn over customer emails and other digital content sought by government search warrants even when the information is stored outside the country. The ruling came in a case involving a search warrant served on Microsoft for one of its customers whose emails are stored on a server in Dublin, Ireland.

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