> I can't imagine a court backing a demand to reveal <malicious actor>'s production systems based on what little external evidence one would have in these circumstances.
That’s not really how courts work. You don’t how to have all the evidence to support your claims when you file the lawsuit.
Rather, you can go to court saying “I have reason to believe Doe is doing thing X, it’s causing me harms Y, and we could prove it with Z”.
If the case is not dismissed at an early stage, then the discovery process is started. This gives subpoena power to both sides to discover relevant facts about the case, hold depositions under oath with relevant parties, and other means of gathering information that wouldn’t be available outside of the court process.
It’s very likely that the Truth Social source code would have to be turned over to the plaintiffs during the discovery process. Additionally, the plaintiffs lawyers would probably ask the Truth Social developers questions under oath about how the platform was developed.
The evidence gathered during discovery is what the judge would use to decide whether a license violation occurred, and to issue an order.
So, the public evidence available at the start of a civil court case doesn’t need to support the requests for relief.
That’s not really how courts work. You don’t how to have all the evidence to support your claims when you file the lawsuit.
Rather, you can go to court saying “I have reason to believe Doe is doing thing X, it’s causing me harms Y, and we could prove it with Z”.
If the case is not dismissed at an early stage, then the discovery process is started. This gives subpoena power to both sides to discover relevant facts about the case, hold depositions under oath with relevant parties, and other means of gathering information that wouldn’t be available outside of the court process.
It’s very likely that the Truth Social source code would have to be turned over to the plaintiffs during the discovery process. Additionally, the plaintiffs lawyers would probably ask the Truth Social developers questions under oath about how the platform was developed.
The evidence gathered during discovery is what the judge would use to decide whether a license violation occurred, and to issue an order.
So, the public evidence available at the start of a civil court case doesn’t need to support the requests for relief.