Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data for defendtheatlantaforest@protonmail.com — the account linked to Stop Cop City protests in Atlanta. The FBI obtained this information through a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty request on January 25, 2024, identifying the activist behind the anonymous account through their credit card identifier.

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    2 days ago

    At request of swiss authorities, nothing they could do (companies must follow the law of the country). The guy just needed to have used the free version or a anonymous way of paying and nothing would have been given.