Judge Won’t Reconsider Gag Order Ruling For Twitter Over FBI Data Collection

Mealey's (November 29, 2017, 1:26 PM EST) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A California federal judge on Nov. 28 denied the U.S. government’s motion to reconsider a ruling in which she found possible constitutional violations in the FBI’s prohibiting Twitter Inc. from publicly reporting on its involvement in the bureau’s surveillance program, holding that a subsequent Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling on national security letters (NSLs)  did not alter controlling law or compel reconsideration (Twitter Inc. v. Jefferson B. Sessions III, et al., No. 4:14-cv-04480, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 195360)....