Tech firms support Microsoft's case against US Justice Dept

Seattle

DOZENS of allies threw their weight behind Microsoft last Friday in a case that challenges law enforcement's use of secrecy orders to cloak its pursuit of digital communications in investigations.

Amazon, Google, Snapchat, Salesforce and several others filed a brief on Friday in support of Microsoft in its case against the Justice Department, while Apple, Mozilla and others made their own filing. Civil liberties groups and media organisations such as Fox News, National Public Radio and The Washington Post submitted their own briefs.