Supreme Court Rejects X Corp.’s Challenge on Public Disclosure of US Government User Data Demands, Raising Concerns on First Amendment Rights and Censorship
San Francisco, CA – The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, and its battle against disclosing user data demanded by the United States government. The case, titled X Corp. v. Garland, was denied by the Supreme Court, leaving intact a ruling from March 2023 that determined the First Amendment does not protect Twitter from limitations on reporting national security demands. This decision has been criticized by civil liberties organizations, who argue that it sets a disturbingly low threshold for censorship. Twitter originally filed the lawsuit in … Read more