GigaOM reported the FBI and the US government says Google, Microsoft and other tech firms have no free speech right to declare how many data demands they receive under a controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act legal process.
The Department of Justice, in long-awaited court filings that have just been released, urged America’s secret spy court to reject a plea by five major tech companies to disclose data about how often the government asks for user information under a controversial surveillance program aimed at foreign suspects.
The filings, which appeared on Wednesday, claimed that the tech companies – Google, Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn and Yahoo — do not have a First Amendment right to disclose how many Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act requests they receive.
For the full story: GigaOM – Tech firms’ release of PRISM data will harm security — new U.S. and FBI court filings