Tech firms support Microsoft's case against US Justice Dept
Move is part of a growing resistance to government attempts to snoop on customers' electronic communications
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.
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