The company? Twitter has filed a lawsuit against the US government, the chances of winning are small

The world press all morning "thunders" news - the US government sued
Twitter microblogging service. Company
requires that the Ministry of Justice and
The FBI was given access to information about their
requests related to the protection
US national security. The company insists
that the government violates the principle of
freedom of speech.

The lawsuit against the authorities
It refers to the fact that the company asks
do more "transparent" data from
FBI, so that users can know
that Twitter - not
big government dragnet.
The company considers it unfair that
Federal agencies and whistleblowers
They have the right to freedom of expression, and Twitter
- no.

How it all began? AT
July this year, Twitter has posted a report
on requests, which made the security services
and the government address the social network, but
with a small remark - they say, the full
picture "of the extent received
documents "to announce will not work.
"Our possibilities are limited by law,
that we, as a provider, prohibits
disclose impressive
the amount made by the secret services
requests ", - transfers words TASS
representatives of the company Twitter.

company management
He believes that such rules limit
freedom of speech, which is guaranteed
First Amendment to the US Constitution.
The company intends to force the government
organize more transparency. how
assess the situation of foreign
specialists have little Twitter
chances to win this court.

In addition, there
and other precedents - in addition to Twitter
Similar laws disputed requests
some of the largest IT companies in the US
(More than 60 different corporations among
who have Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google). All
they appealed to the US government
request to make as transparent as possible
the state inquiries about
Information about electronic user
services.

Last year,
Yahoo filed a lawsuit against the National Agency
US security, to confirm
the right to publish data on the number
special services requests. These requests were made
within the PRISM program, which, incidentally,
It allows you to monitor communications on
Large sites and intercept
traffic from leading sites (Google, Yahoo, Facebook
et al.) Such "supervision" may have been
both individuals and organizations.
Google lawyers also appealed to the US
Court of the activities of the Oversight
Foreign intelligence services (FISA), to get
data queries in the address of the company with
US intelligence agencies. request is granted
It was not that again confirms low
Twitter trial win probability
and the government.