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'Disappointing': Elon Musk Reacts to SCOTUS Rejecting 2014 Twitter Lawsuit on Twitter Surveillance

AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool

Back in 2014, long before Elon Musk took the helm, Twitter/X filed a lawsuit after the FBI said they could not disclose how often the federal government requested user data in the company's annual transparency reports. The lawsuit meandered its way through the court system and, in March of last year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the suit.

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Now, the Supreme Court has declined to take up the case.

The New York Post reports:

The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by Elon Musk’s X Corp. to consider whether the social media company, formerly called Twitter, can publicly disclose how often federal law enforcement seeks information about users for national security investigations.

The justices declined to hear X’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling holding that the FBI’s restrictions on what the company could say publicly about the investigations did not violate its free speech rights under the Constitution’s First Amendment.

X had said it was “critical” for the justices to take up the case to establish clear standards for when and how tech companies can speak about government demands for confidential information about their users for surveillance.

Because of 'national security concerns', the courts ruled against Twitter/X.

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We're not surprised by the ruling.

Very disappointing.

An excellent question. One we'll never get a direct answer to.

Very little. Next to zero.

Remember how KJP said this administration is committed to transparency just yesterday? We do.

There's no good reason to keep it a secret. So we'd like to know why as well.

Do you feel safe and protected? We don't.

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Sadly, yes.

'Informed' indeed.

Because they don't care about being trusted.

They have the power. That's all they care about.

Lots of people used Orwell as an instruction manual, unfortunately.

That's how you end up in federal prison for a long time.

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We'd advise against this, but it happens all the time.

SCOTUS declining to take up the case leaves Twitter/X stuck withholding this information, unfortunately. Maybe things will change down the road. But we wouldn't hold our breath.

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