Twitter took an important step to throw more light on the legal processes the federal government uses to spy on users — the lawsuit seeks to expand earlier free speech rights won by Google and Microsoft.
Well, you didn’t think surveillance had decreased, did you? The latest Google transparency report shows government demands for data in criminal investigations increased again, and that more countries are asking for it too.
Until last week, Google and other tech companies were under gag orders that forbade them from disclosing how often they have had to turn customer information over to the National Security Agency. Now, they’re publishing numbers.
Google, Microsoft and others won a concession from the US Government on Monday in a bitter fight over the tech companies’ right to disclose how many requests they receive under a controversial NSA program.
Major media outlets are pushing back against America’s secret spy court, which has issued rulings on how the government can collect email and phone records — but will not allow public interest groups to see those decisions.
Google, Microsoft and others are fighting to lift gag orders that prevent them from disclosing the number of surveillance requests they receive — but the FBI won’t even show them the legal arguments they are using to oppose the request.
The legal fight over tech companies’ right to disclose information about government surveillance got a big boost from Apple this week. Here’s a look at its legal filing.
Tech companies want to disclose the number of surveillance requests they receive. The government is opposing the companies in court but everything is on hold because the government shut down most of the Justice Department.
The FBI and the US government say Google, Microsoft and other tech firms have no free speech right to declare how many data demands they receive under a controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act legal process.
The secret court that oversees America’s spy agencies explained (a bit) about why it believes the mass collection of phone records is legal under the Patriot Act and the Constitution.
