Twitter, Inc. v. Barr et al

  1. January 19, 2016

    Feds Want Twitter's DOJ Surveillance Suit Tossed

    Federal prosecutors told a California federal judge Friday that a lawsuit by Twitter over its right to publish certain aggregate government surveillance information should be tossed, arguing the issues would be more appropriate for decision by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

  2. October 15, 2015

    Twitter Must Rewrite DOJ Surveillance Suit To Keep It Alive

    Twitter Inc. has about a month to rewrite its lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the government's refusal to let it publish government surveillance information, a California federal judge said Wednesday, finding that a new law may have rendered the social media giant's complaint moot.

  3. October 13, 2015

    Twitter DOJ Suit On Thin Ice After Surveillance Law Shift

    A California federal judge said Tuesday she'd likely toss Twitter Inc.'s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the government's refusal to let the social media giant publish government surveillance information, saying the recent passage of the USA Freedom Act has changed the landscape beneath the suit.

  4. June 11, 2015

    Twitter Surveillance Suit Against DOJ Might Die, Judge Says

    The recent passage of the USA Freedom Act could spell the end for Twitter Inc.'s suit challenging the U.S. Department of Justice's refusal to let the social media giant publish information about government surveillance of Twitter accounts, a California federal judge ruled Thursday.

  5. February 18, 2015

    Tech, Media Groups Stand By Twitter In Gov't Spying Fight

    The Washington Post, the Wikimedia Foundation Inc., a pair of unidentified technology companies and several others on Tuesday threw their support behind Twitter Inc. in its suit alleging the government's refusal to allow companies to publish information about government surveillance is unconstitutional.

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