They will not ignore a legal gag order (court order or national security letter).
They will only ignore non-legally-binding requests to keep quiet, which they previously complied with, but which they were never under any obligation to comply with.
They won't even refuse to provide data to law enforcement. Today's announcement only concerns whether the person whose data it is gets notified or not.
Yeah it's illegal, but what the government does is also illegal apparently. So what if a company ignored the gag order, what would REALISTICALLY happen. Will the CEO be jailed or will they not be able to put anybody into prison. Will they have have to pay a $5M fine, will they have to pay a $500M fine? Or will the companies be able to supersede the government.
They will only ignore non-legally-binding requests to keep quiet, which they previously complied with, but which they were never under any obligation to comply with.
They won't even refuse to provide data to law enforcement. Today's announcement only concerns whether the person whose data it is gets notified or not.