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

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: 3, Insightful) by sjames on Monday April 20 2020, @08:29PM (3 children)

    by sjames (2882) on Monday April 20 2020, @08:29PM (#985210) Journal

    If the people knew the extent of it, they would demand that it stop and use more encryption, and that would make the DEA and FBI feel less secure.

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  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday April 21 2020, @02:27AM (2 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday April 21 2020, @02:27AM (#985317)

    If all the people knew the extent of it, a few more of the idiot criminals would start using encryption instead of mainstream chat apps.

    It doesn't take much I.Q. to download and use Signal, QTox, or any one of a thousand other encrypted chat apps. People using Twitter for criminal activities are like mob thugs posing for photos by passing tourists after they beat up a shop keeper with a baseball bat.

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    • (Score: 2) by sjames on Tuesday April 21 2020, @06:21PM (1 child)

      by sjames (2882) on Tuesday April 21 2020, @06:21PM (#985508) Journal

      Nobody said crooks were smart. But if our national security can actually be threatened by a few low IQ crooks, what does that say about our national security?

      • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday April 21 2020, @06:38PM

        by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday April 21 2020, @06:38PM (#985514)

        Our national security only ever caught the low IQ crooks, the high IQ crooks are running the show.

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