9th Circuit:  National Security Bars Twitter’s Surveillance Transparency Report

Mealey's (March 7, 2023, 4:34 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — More than a year and a half after hearing oral arguments in a dispute over whether Twitter Inc.’s free speech rights were violated when the Federal Bureau of Investigation forbade it from releasing an unredacted report on its compliance with government surveillance activities, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel majority on March 6 affirmed a trial court’s finding that the narrowly tailored redactions were appropriate in light of the government’s compelling national security interest....