Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere
An officer of Sledkom, the national law-enforcement investigatory agency in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, demands a meeting with the head of Microsoft’s operations in Russia. He hands over a list of journalists and dissidents living and working in the United States — some of whom are Russian citizens — together with authorization sufficient under Russian law to obtain the contents of an individual’s email account. Microsoft officials in Russia can, as a matter of technology, copy the contents of those email accounts and transfer the copy to Microsoft/Russia. Under Russian law, Microsoft will be held in contempt if it fails to provide the emails demanded by Sledkom. And it is not permitted to inform its customers of Russia’s demand. Is Microsoft obligated to comply?
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