Twitter Tells 9th Circuit 1st Amendment Rights Were Violated In Dispute With FBI

Mealey's (September 28, 2020, 3:18 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Federal Bureau of Investigation's refusal to let it publish a draft transparency report about its mandatory compliance with certain national security requests violated its rights under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Twitter Inc. tells the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a Sept. 23 appellant brief, arguing that it is entitled to review FBI declarations that led a trial court to rule in the bureau's favor (Twitter Inc. v. William P. Barr, et al., No. 20-16174, 9th Cir.)....