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Google, eager to salvage its security-related reputation in the wake of disclosures about the NSA's PRISM surveillance program (http://readwrite.com/search?keyword=nsa+prism), has asked a secretive intelligence court to let it disclose more details regarding government requests for information (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-challenges-us-gag-order-citing-first-amendment/2013/06/18/96835c72-d832-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html) about its users, reports the Washington Post.
In a legal filing Tuesday, Google cited a First Amendment right to speak about the information it must legally provide to the government. The company is seeking to have the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court lift a gag order that prevents companies from discussing or describing surveillance orders issued by that court, even in general terms.
(See also: Tech Firms And Others Are Sharing — A Lot — With U.S. Spies And The Pentagon (http://readwrite.com/2013/06/14/tech-firms-and-others-are-sharing-a-lot-with-us-spies-and-the-pentagon#awesm=~o99msqGG3K9p3k))
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