Judge Rules FBI Cannot Hide Use of Social Media Surveillance Tools
Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News Serv., Nov. 18, 2019
The FBI cannot hide whether it uses powerful surveillance tools to monitor the social-media activity of millions of Americans and noncitizens, a federal judge ruled Monday.
U.S. District Judge Edward Chen rejected the government’s argument that acknowledging such surveillance capabilities, or the lack thereof, could reveal sensitive law enforcement techniques that would help criminals evade justice.
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