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NY DA Employs 381 Secret Orders to Obtain Full Digital Dossiers from Facebook
According to Facebook's appeals brief, the targets included a cross-section of America “from high schoolers to grandparents, … electricians, school teachers, and members of our armed services.”
Facebook's brief explains that the warrants sought “information that cannot possibly be relevant to the crimes the Government presumably continues to investigate,” including what “Group” people belong to (and who else is in that group), chat messages, private messages, friends list (including removed friends) and even past and future events. . . .
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Facebook rightly challenged this overboard pile of warrants. Indeed, it was the only entity who could. The gag order prevented Facebook from giving notice, so none of the users was in a position to assert their constitutional rights, or even know those rights were in danger.
Nevertheless, the DA disputed Facebook’s right to challenge the warrant in court, and the New York state trial court agreed . . . .
Facebook's brief explains that the warrants sought “information that cannot possibly be relevant to the crimes the Government presumably continues to investigate,” including what “Group” people belong to (and who else is in that group), chat messages, private messages, friends list (including removed friends) and even past and future events. . . .
* * * * *
Facebook rightly challenged this overboard pile of warrants. Indeed, it was the only entity who could. The gag order prevented Facebook from giving notice, so none of the users was in a position to assert their constitutional rights, or even know those rights were in danger.
Nevertheless, the DA disputed Facebook’s right to challenge the warrant in court, and the New York state trial court agreed . . . .
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/06/prism-local-edition-ny-da-employs-381-secret-orders-gather-complete-digital