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[–]Mle 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I don't understand what a canary is and why we need them. Can someone explain?

[–]rambo 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

basically they remove stuff from the list and that's how we know it happened, it's a way to indicate the status of a gag order without specifically saying it (because that would violate the gag order)

[–]Mle 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Is this the Canary in the coal mine?