Removing the canary could potentially be classified as an illegal disclosure of the government request, so uh, criminal charges on that front. Of course that assumes that the secondary case isn’t also classified I guess.
Refusing to add a new canary past the expiration date has the same effect, but is only done through inaction.
I am not a lawyer, but my understanding is that this is the stated legal opinion of the lawyers at the EFF.
But if you had a script doing so, which is likely the case, you would have to modify it or direct it to stop updating, which would be a violation again.
I don’t think it’ll be that cut and dry as others have stated articulately.
> The government can't compel your speech
That’s not true. The United States government can compel your speech, albeit in very limited cases.
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