The Electronic Frontier Foundation ('EFF'), Access Now, the Centre for Democracy & Technology and New America's Open Technology Institute filed, on 30 June 2017, an amici curiae brief ('the Brief') with the Columbia Court of Appeal ('the Court') in support of Facebook, Inc. in Facebook, Inc., v. United States of America. The Brief demands that the Court apply a stringent constitutional test before
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District of Columbia: EFF and others file amici curiae brief in Facebook search warrant case
July 15, 2017
Summary
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, along with other organizations, filed an amici curiae brief in the Columbia Court of Appeal to support Facebook in a case against the U.S. government. The brief argues for a stringent constitutional test for non-disclosure orders associated with search warrants, emphasizing the protection of Facebook users' First Amendment rights to anonymous speech and association, and the importance of anonymity in international law and norms.