Facebook among tech firms battling gag orders over government surveillance
▻https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/10/facebook-twitter-surveillance-gag-order
US government prevents companies from revealing many user data requests – a practice which firms and civil liberties activists call unconstitutional Tech companies including Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft are fighting gag orders from US courts preventing them from talking about government surveillance of their users, arguing it has a chilling effect on free speech. Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft all have policies to notify users of government requests for account information unless they (...)