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Companies Don't Have a First Amendment Right to Talk About National Security Letters, Court Rules
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 22:51:55 -0400
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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: July 17, 2017 at 6:18:31 PM EDT To: nnsquad () nnsquad org Subject: [ NNSquad ] Companies Don't Have a First Amendment Right to Talk About National Security Letters, Court Rules Companies Don't Have a First Amendment Right to Talk About National Security Letters, Court Rules http://gizmodo.com/companies-don-t-have-a-first-amendment-right-to-talk-ab-1796994847 The ruling is a major upset for Cloudflare and Credo, as well as for larger tech companies that have begun disclosing NSLs over the past year. Companies that receive NSLs are usually restricted from discussing them for years--sometimes forever--and, if they disclose them in transparency reports, they may only do so in ranges of 500. The EFF argued that companies with millions of users should be allowed to disclose the specific number of NSLs they receive and to mention their experiences receiving NSLs when communicating with customers or lobbying the government. (While lobbying against NSLs in 2014, Cloudflare's in-house counsel was told by a dismissive Capitol Hill staffer that it was impossible for Cloudflare to receive an NSL, and because of the gag order, he was unable to point out that Cloudflare had already received several of the letters.) "I'd be lying if I didn't say this is a real setback," EFF staff attorney Andrew Crocker told Gizmodo. "But the trend is going the other way. I've seen a lot of courts questioning these blanket indefinite gag orders."
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