{"id":4722,"date":"2020-04-20T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2520294"},"modified":"2020-04-20T15:10:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T15:10:00","slug":"us-judge-blocks-twitters-bid-to-reveal-government-surveillance-requests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/20\/us-judge-blocks-twitters-bid-to-reveal-government-surveillance-requests\/","title":{"rendered":"US Judge Blocks Twitter\u2019s Bid to Reveal Government Surveillance Requests"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"sdesc\">Twitter had sued the US DOJ in 2014 to be allowed to reveal the surveillance requests it received.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"fullstoryImage\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"US Judge Blocks Twitter&#039;s Bid to Reveal Government Surveillance Requests\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gadgets360cdn.com\/large\/twitter_reuters_1585898383168.JPG?output-quality=80\" alt=\"US Judge Blocks Twitter&#039;s Bid to Reveal Government Surveillance Requests\" width=\"716\" height=\"403\" \/><\/picture>\n<p class=\"caption\">US&nbsp;District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers granted the government&#8217;s request to dismiss Twitter&#8217;s lawsuit<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_flx _strycol\">\n<div class=\"st_lhs\">\n<div class=\"newins_widget newins_highlights_wrap adblockerHighlight\">\n<div class=\"newins_widhead\">\n<div class=\"h3\">HIGHLIGHTS<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newins_lhs_highlights\">\n<ul>\n<li>The social media company had sued the US&nbsp;Department of Justice in 2014<\/li>\n<li>Twitter&#8217;s legal battle spanned the tenures of four US&nbsp;attorneys general<\/li>\n<li>The lawsuit had followed months of fruitless negotiations with the govt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"center_content_div\" class=\"fullstoryCtrl_fulldetails\">\n<div class=\"content_text row description\">\n<p>Twitter will not be able to reveal surveillance requests it received from the US&nbsp;government after a federal judge accepted government arguments that this was likely to harm national security after a near six-year long legal battle.<\/p>\n<p>The social media company had sued the US&nbsp;Department of Justice in 2014 to be allowed to reveal, as part of its &#8220;Draft Transparency Report&#8221;, the surveillance requests it received. It argued its free-speech rights were being violated by not being allowed to reveal the details.<\/p>\n<p>US&nbsp;District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers granted the government&#8217;s request to dismiss Twitter&#8217;s lawsuit in an eleven page order filed in the US&nbsp;District Court for Northern California.<\/p>\n<p>The judge ruled on Friday that granting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gadgets.ndtv.com\/tags\/twitter\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter&#8217;s<\/a>&nbsp;request &#8220;would be likely to lead to grave or imminent harm to the national security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Government&#8217;s motion for summary judgment is GRANTED and Twitter&#8217;s motion for summary judgment is DENIED&#8221;, the judge said in her order.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter had sued the Justice Department in its battle with federal agencies as the internet industry&#8217;s self-described champion of free speech seeking the right to reveal the extent of US&nbsp;government surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit had followed months of fruitless negotiations with the government and had marked an escalation in the internet industry&#8217;s battle over government gag orders on the nature and number of requests for private user information.<\/p>\n<p>Tech companies were seeking to clarify their relationships with US&nbsp;law enforcement and spying agencies in the wake of revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that outlined the depth of U.S. spying capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter&#8217;s legal battle spanned the tenures of four US&nbsp;attorneys general &#8211; Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, Jeff Sessions and William Barr.<\/p>\n<p>Through the use of confidential declarations, the Justice Department was able to show that revealing the exact number of national security letters from 2014, as requested by Twitter, posed a risk to national security, Friday&#8217;s order said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gadgets.ndtv.com\/tags\/twitter\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/gadgets.ndtv.com\/tags\/twitter<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Reuters<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Reuters<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter had sued the US DOJ in 2014 to be allowed to reveal the surveillance requests it received. US&nbsp;District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers granted the government&rsquo;s request to dismiss Twitter&rsquo;s lawsuit &nbsp; HIGHLIGHTS The social media company had sued the US&nbsp;Department of Justice in 2014 Twitter&rsquo;s legal battle spanned the tenures of four US&nbsp;attorneys general &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/20\/us-judge-blocks-twitters-bid-to-reveal-government-surveillance-requests\/\">Continue reading <span>US Judge Blocks Twitter&rsquo;s Bid to Reveal Government Surveillance Requests<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/20\/us-judge-blocks-twitters-bid-to-reveal-government-surveillance-requests\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US Judge Blocks Twitter\u2019s Bid to Reveal Government Surveillance Requests - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/20\/us-judge-blocks-twitters-bid-to-reveal-government-surveillance-requests\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Judge Blocks Twitter\u2019s Bid to Reveal Government Surveillance Requests - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Twitter had sued the US DOJ in 2014 to be allowed to reveal the surveillance requests it received. 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