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Tech giants team up to take on US Government gag orders |
May 24, 2014
As it stands now, tech companies can't disclose exact figures on how many national security-related user data requests they've received from the US Government. A group of major tech companies aren't happy about the current state of affairs, however, so they've decided to do something about it.
According to a report from the Washington Post, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Yahoo have filed papers with the 9th Circuit Court arguing against ongoing gag orders the Government has put in place to guard against disclosure of these data requests. According to the court papers, which were filed in April, the four companies see the gag orders as a form of prior restraint, and argue that they are therefore a violation of the First Amendment.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2158669/tech-giants-team-up-to-take-on-us-government-gag-orders.html#tk.rss_all
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