Founder of service reportedly used by Edward Snowden said he would not be complicit in 'crimes against the American people'
'The first amendment
is supposed to guarantee me the freedom to speak out in situations like
this,' Levison wrote. Photograph: OJO Images/Rex Features
The email service reportedly used by surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden
abruptly shut down on Thursday after its owner cryptically announced
his refusal to become "complicit in crimes against the American people."
Lavabit,
an email service that boasted of its security features and claimed
350,000 customers, is no more, apparently after rejecting a court order
for cooperation with the US government to participate in surveillance on
its customers. It is the first such company known to have shuttered
rather than comply with government surveillance.
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