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Actually, this subpoena is possible because of this US statute: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1782

Edit: there is even a Wiki page for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_1782_Discovery

upvoted for relevance, but really it's NZ law that fails to sufficiently protect free speech

US law could and should protect freedom of speech, even when it's not protected in other countries. If you sue a company in the US in an attempt to suppress speech that would be protected by the first amendment, US courts should reject that.

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