Twitter gets a win in lawsuit against U.S. government for right to reveal data requests

Defending freedom of speech continues to be Twitter's strong game.

The company's ongoing lawsuit against the U.S. government for the right to publish aggregated data requests had a new development in favor of the 140-character network on Thursday.

A federal judge in California ruled against the U.S. government's arguments that Twitter should not be allowed to report the precise number of data requests in their biannual transparency reports, ruling that the government's reasons are unsubstantiated.

Ars Technica first reported this new development in the case, which has been ongoing since 2014. Read more...