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

Reuters ^ | 10/7/14 | Alexei Oreskovic

[SoFloFreeper]

Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) 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.

[SoFloFreeper]

Most of the other big tech companies....Google, Apple, Yahoo, etc. bent over and grabbed their ankles for Obama and Holder.

I applaud Twitter for standing up for freedom.

[cripplecreek]

Bet there are a lot of conservatives being "observed".

Story from a couple years ago but its still true.

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Conservatives are breaking their liberal narratives on twitter and doing it right out in the open.

[montag813]

Why don’t they just reveal it, as a journalist would? What can the DOJ do? Nothing.

[Cboldt]

The DOJ can arrest and incarcerate and fine those who disclose the existence of turnover orders.