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April 19, 2020 02:34 pm

Twitter Can't Reveal Number of US Surveillance Requests, Judge Rules

An anonymous reader quotes CNET:Six years ago, Twitter sued the U.S. government in an attempt to detail surveillance requests the company had received, but a federal judge on Friday ruled in favor of the government's case that detailing the requests would jeopardize the country's safety. If Twitter revealed the number of surveillance requests it received each calendar quarter, it "would be likely to lead to grave or imminent harm to the national security," U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers concluded after reviewing classified information from the government... "We think the government's restriction on our speech not only unfairly impacts our users' privacy, but also violates our First Amendment right to free expression and open discussion of government affairs," Twitter argued at the time. Six years later, Twitter says transparency is still important to show how it interacts with governments... "We believe it is vital that the public see the demands we receive, and how we work to strike a balance between respecting local law, supporting people's ability to Tweet, and protecting people from harm."

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