jc71
7th October 2014, 21:29
This story looks like it might turn interesting:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29528665
Under current regulations, Twitter cannot reveal certain information about government requests for users' data relating to national security.
Twitter argues that this violates the right to free speech, as defined by the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
The firm said it filed the suit in an effort to force the government to be more transparent about personal data requests.
"It's our belief that we are entitled under the First Amendment to respond to our users' concerns and to the statements of US government officials by providing information about the scope of US government surveillance," Twitter's lawyer, Ben Lee, wrote in a blog post.
Twitter filed the suit against the US Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a northern California court on Tuesday.
What are you thoughts?
JC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29528665
Under current regulations, Twitter cannot reveal certain information about government requests for users' data relating to national security.
Twitter argues that this violates the right to free speech, as defined by the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
The firm said it filed the suit in an effort to force the government to be more transparent about personal data requests.
"It's our belief that we are entitled under the First Amendment to respond to our users' concerns and to the statements of US government officials by providing information about the scope of US government surveillance," Twitter's lawyer, Ben Lee, wrote in a blog post.
Twitter filed the suit against the US Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a northern California court on Tuesday.
What are you thoughts?
JC