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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.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 20 2020, @07:06PM
Yup.
Brought to you by Hollywood, where every good guy ends up sadly having to torture the bad guy to save the girl. And the CSI/Doctors/Detectives/PIs need to break-and-enter private residences to save the day. Oh, can't forget all the illegal wire tapping and intimidation. But its ok, cause law enforcement always finds the truth and justice is always served. Or something like that, yeaaaaah.
Pay no mind to the numerous examples of people getting shady shit through TSA's invasive security theater, the voting machines so easily hacked and left unguarded in various storage rooms, the over reaching mass surveillance recording and tracking innocent civilians. Yup, pay no mind!