DOJ demands Facebook info from "anti-administration activists"
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CNN
September 28, 2017
Washington (CNN) -- Trump administration lawyers are demanding the private account information of potentially thousands of Facebook users in three separate search warrants served on the social media giant, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
The warrants specifically target the accounts of three Facebook users who are described by their attorneys as "anti-administration activists who have spoken out at organized events and who are generally very critical of this administration's policies."
One of those users, Emmelia Talarico, operated the "disrupt/20" page where Inauguration Day protests were organized and discussed - the page was visited by an estimated 6,000 users whose identities the government would have access to if Facebook hands over the information sought in the search warrants.
In court filings, Talarico says if her account information was given to the government, officials would have access to her "personal passwords, security questions and answers, and credit card information,' plus "the private list of invitees and attendees to multiple political events sponsored by the page."
These warrants were first reported by "LawNewz.com"
More:
https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/28/politics/facebook-anti-administration-activists/index.html
NOTE: This story is from last year (Sorry about that)
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