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National Security Concerns Just Won Out Over Twitter's Attempt to be Transparent About Surveillance

posted by Fnord666 on Monday April 20 2020, @03:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the who-watches-the-watchers? dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:

National security concerns just won out over Twitter's attempt to be transparent about surveillance:

Six years ago, Twitter sued the US 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," US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers concluded after reviewing classified information from the government. See below for the full ruling.

"While we are disappointed with the court's decision, we will continue to fight for transparency," Twitter said in a statement Saturday.

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by fustakrakich on Monday April 20 2020, @03:27PM (4 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Monday April 20 2020, @03:27PM (#985112) Journal

    All we ever get from the "whistleblowers" is Hurricane Anna Nicole [deccanherald.com]

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday April 20 2020, @04:26PM (3 children)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 20 2020, @04:26PM (#985133) Journal
    And that was ten years ago. I hope they blow the whistle again, some year soon! /sarc

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @05:02PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @05:02PM (#985143)

      Heh, they nailed the DNC pretty good back in '16, didn't they?

      It's weird that more people don't regard them as heroes for it.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @09:35PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @09:35PM (#985230)

        James Comey was Trump's MVP.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @10:03PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @10:03PM (#985246)

          James Comey is a punk.

          He didn't look into the DNC emails