[ NNSquad ] Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Microsoft say government has no right to suppress data request disclosures

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Microsoft say government has no right to
suppress data request disclosures

(WashPost): http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/05/23/google-yahoo-facebook-and-microsoft-say-government-has-no-right-to-suppress-data-request-disclosures/

   "The gag orders, called "national security letters," compel Web and
    telecommunication companies to share information with the
    government while simultaneously prohibiting them from speaking
    about the request.  Since the Snowden leaks, Google, Yahoo,
    Facebook, and Microsoft have fought to include more information
    about national security requests in regular reports they release
    on how much data the government requests from their servers.  In
    the court documents, filed in April with the 9th Circuit Court in
    California, the tech giants argue that the government is
    infringing on their First Amendment rights -- a form of prior
    restraint. The government has argued that companies have no First
    Amendment right to share information gained from participation in
    a secret government investigation, according to the filing."

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