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Twitter, Inc. v. Barr et al

  1. December 06, 2018

    Twitter Seeks Classified Declaration In Free Speech Suit

    Twitter wants the federal government to give its attorney access to a classified declaration from a former FBI official in its suit pushing for the release of a report on government surveillance requests, saying in California federal court that its counsel had been found eligible for the relevant security clearance.

  2. July 06, 2017

    Twitter Free Speech Suit Survives Gov't Push For Quick End

    A California federal judge on Thursday kept alive Twitter's lawsuit pushing for the release of a report on government surveillance requests, saying the U.S. Department of Justice failed to meet the high bar for restricting speech.

  3. January 11, 2017

    DOJ Pushes For Quick End To Twitter Report Fight

    The U.S. Department of Justice pressed a California federal court on Wednesday to end social media giant Twitter's plan to tell users about government surveillance requests, saying Twitter has brushed aside crucial precedent.

  4. December 20, 2016

    Twitter Says Feds' Word On Spying Report Not Good As Gold

    Twitter hit back Monday at the government's opposition to the social media giant's push to release a user surveillance report that federal officials have marked as classified, telling a California federal court that the government has fallen far short of its "heavy burden" to justify its restraint on free speech.

  5. November 23, 2016

    Twitter Surveillance Report Needs To Stay Secret, Feds Say

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday shot back at Twitter Inc.'s bid to publicly release a government surveillance report that the social media giant claims has been wrongly marked as classified, arguing that disclosure would harm national security and that neither courts nor companies should "second-guess" the government's classification decisions.

  6. May 25, 2016

    Twitter Fights 'Classified' Tag On Surveillance Report

    Twitter is taking a new stab at previously dismissed claims that the U.S. Department of Justice violated its First Amendment rights by prohibiting it from releasing a report about surveillance requests on its users, filing an amended complaint Wednesday that addresses a judge's concern about the report's classified status. 

  7. May 02, 2016

    Twitter's DOJ Free-Speech Suit Axed, But Door's Open For Fix

    A California federal judge on Monday dismissed Twitter's claims that the U.S. Department of Justice violated its First Amendment right by prohibiting the release of a government surveillance report, finding that the social media giant failed to challenge the report's classified status, though she granted leave to amend.

  8. March 03, 2016

    DOJ Says Twitter Distorts Issues In Surveillance Suit

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday continued its push to dismiss a free speech lawsuit brought by Twitter over the prohibited release of a government surveillance report, telling a California federal judge Twitter has distorted the facts to keep the suit out of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court it belongs in.

  9. February 22, 2016

    WaPo, Buzzfeed Back Twitter In DOJ Surveillance Suit

    A group of media companies — including Buzzfeed and The Washington Post — on Friday threw their weight behind Twitter in its dispute with the Justice Department over its rejected plan to publish certain government surveillance information, urging a California federal court not to dismiss the suit.

  10. February 08, 2016

    Twitter Cites 1st Amendment Rights In DOJ Surveillance Suit

    Twitter Inc. pushed back on the Justice Department's attempt to toss its suit over its rejected plan to publish certain government surveillance information, telling a California federal court Friday that its First Amendment rights are at stake.

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