Twitter sued the US government over surveillance laws Twitter has sued the US government over surveillance laws, arguing that the current rules prevent it from even stating that it has not received any national security requests for user information. Twitter argues that this violates the right to free speech, as defined by the First Amendment to the US Constitution. The firm said it brought the case in an effort to force the government to be more transparent about personal data requests. Twitter said it was asking the court to declare these restrictions on our ability to speak about government surveillance as unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Twitters lawsuit follows an agreement between Internet companies like Google and Microsoft with the government about court orders they receive related to surveillance.
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 05:13:45 +0000