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Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Twitter sues U.S. Justice Department for right to reveal surveillance requests

Shadows of people holding mobile phones are cast onto a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in Warsaw By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, intensifying its battle with federal agencies as the Internet industry's self-described champion of free speech seeks the right to reveal the extent of U.S. government surveillance. The lawsuit, which Twitter said follows months of fruitless negotiations with the government, marks an escalation in the Internet industry's battle over government gag orders on the nature and number of requests for private user information. In the lawsuit, filed in U.S. ...




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