Verizon Claims Free Speech Over NSA Wiretapping

xvx writes "Verizon is claiming that they have the right to hand over customer information to the US government under the First Amendment. 'Essentially, the argument is that turning over truthful information to the government is free speech, and the EFF and ACLU can't do anything about it. In fact, Verizon basically argues that the entire lawsuit is a giant SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) suit, and that the case is an attempt to deter the company from exercising its First Amendment right to turn over customer calling information to government security services.'"

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Re:That's an interesting take on it.

[Anonymous Coward]

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Free speech bitches!! Eat it ACLU!

Oh wait, I'm getting my memes mixed up again.

Re:How Orwellian

[Hijacked Public]

Oh man, you've read 1984 too? How crazy is that? That we've both read the same book, I mean, of all the books out there you and I have both read the same one. That really is just so neat.

And you were able to apply what you read in 1984 here, to this situation. You were able to draw those parallels and then make a post about it. You know, that really is novel. You are such a smart smart person you are. That you could just take the concepts described in that book, even though it was set in a made up land and involved made up people, and use them to describe your feelings about some current real life situation....that is just so wonderful.

Someone is doing some kind of spying, and a government is involved, and citizens and such, and corporation, and you pull out some concepts from the most famous book in the world about those very same things, that every Western child over the age of 12 has probably read and understood, and you post them here. So clever! I am so jealous of you!

This investment we're making in schools is really paying off I tell you. Critical thinking is at an all time high.