Judge Reports Likelihood Of Reversing Ruling For Twitter In Surveillance Suit

Mealey's (June 24, 2019, 4:21 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — In a June 21 order to show cause (OSC), a California federal judge reports that newly submitted evidence from the federal government has likely convinced her to reverse a two-year old ruling in which she declined to dismiss constitutional challenges to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the Espionage Act by Twitter Inc. in connection with a gag order forbidding the social network from reporting on its mandated participation in government surveillance activities (Twitter Inc. v. William P. Barr, et al., No. 4:14-cv-04480, N.D. Calif.)....