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Facebook finds allies in legal battle against secret government access

Company is fighting order prohibiting it from telling users when investigators ask to search their political communications

Published Sun, Jul 16, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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Washington

MAJOR technology companies and civil liberties groups have joined Facebook in a closed courtroom battle over secret government access to social media records.

Facebook is fighting a court order that prohibits it from letting users know when law enforcement investigators ask to search their political communications - a ban that Facebook contends tramples First Amendment protections of the company and individuals.

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