Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Elon Musk’s X Challenge on Ban Against Disclosing Surveillance Requests by Federal Authorities
The United States Supreme Court has denied a high-profile appeal by Elon Musk’s X Corporation regarding the disclosure of government requests for user information.
In 2014, Twitter initiated a lawsuit following the FBI’s prohibition on publishing a report that would reveal the frequency of government requests for user information related to national security investigations, according to Daily Caller.
The SCOTUS ruling upholds the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision, asserting that free speech limitations regarding surveillance requests for national security do not necessitate specific procedural mandates for judicial review.
In March, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in its conclusion, “The Government’s prevention of Twitter from publishing classified,
