"Facebook is fighting the US on user data requests The ACLU, EFF, Google, Twitter and Microsoft are backing it. Facebook is challenging the government over data searches that are possibly related to protests that happened during...[the 1/20/17] inauguration. According to information dug up by Buzzfeed, Facebook received warrants from prosecutors to search three accounts. Those were accompanied by non-disclosure orders preventing it from telling the affected users about any investigation. The gag orders may have come about because in February, the social network warned some protesters that police were digging around in their Facebook accounts..." https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/04/facebook-is-fighting-the-us-on-user-data-requests/
I guess that's good news. I mean, Facebook wants to understand its users, in order to provide better service (and make more money, of course). And it's cool that they want to protect it. But regardless, collecting so much information is obviously dangerous. The "commercial Big Brother" model that Facebook, Google, etc use is fundamentally flawed.
"Appeals Court Rules Against CREDO And CloudFlare’s Challenge To FBI’s National Security Letters A federal appeals court affirmed the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s use of gag provisions when issuing national security letters or NSLs and argued nondisclosure requirements do not violate the First Amendment..." NB: Source links employ browser canvas fingerprinting https://shadowproof.com/2017/07/17/...res-challenge-fbis-national-security-letters/ https://www.cnet.com/news/court-rules-fbi-can-continue-to-request-data-in-secret/
"Government drops request to bar Facebook from alerting users to searches over political communications Prosecutors in D.C. have backed off efforts to prevent Facebook from alerting users when investigators ask to search their political communications. The decision by the U.S. Attorney’s office Wednesday came on the eve of a court hearing that had broad implications for the First Amendment rights of Facebook users and others who are politically active online..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...53a7ee-9890-11e7-82e4-f1076f6d6152_story.html
Makes me think most of the people in positions of authority here would have been better off had they been born in Russia or China because they obviously have no respect for the spirit in which America was founded or for the rights and freedoms of its people or for the Constitution and therefore have to be FORCED to abide by it, by the Federal courts.
