Trump admin loses fight to spy on random journalists’ LinkedIn DMs
Summary
An appeals court ruled that the Trump administration cannot force LinkedIn to hand over private messages from random journalists. The Department of Justice had requested extensive communications data as part of an investigation into suspected leaks of classified military information.
The Trump administration’s fight to stop suspected leaks of top-secret military information on LinkedIn can’t sweep in “a vast number of confidential sources” of random journalists “who have no conceivable relationship” to the Department of Justice’s investigation, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The order came after the DOJ asked LinkedIn to turn over 18 months of communications from targeted journalists…
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