Tuesday, June 18, 2013

News Alert: Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment

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Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment
The Washington Post Tuesday, June 18, 2013 3:42:20 PM

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Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment

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Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it's forced to give the government.

The legal filing, which cites the First Amendment's guarantee of free speech, is the latest move by the California-based tech giant to protect its reputation in the aftermath of news reports about sweeping National Security Agency surveillance of Internet traffic.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-challenges-us-gag-order-citing-first-amendment/2013/06/18/96835c72-d832-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html







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