A federal judge ruled Friday against Twitter revealing the scope of Department of Justice (DOJ) surveillance requests. The suit concerned Twitter’s Draft Transparency Report that describes the amount of security processes that Twitter received from the DOJ between July 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013.
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers decided the case. Rogers concluded that the government’s refusal to release the report was “narrowly tailored” to the government’s legitimate interest in protecting national security. This interest adequately outweighed Twitter’s First Amendment claim.
