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Government Spying

The ACLU asked a federal judge Wednesday to make the Department of Justice <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Govt.-spying.pdf">unseal any docket sheets and rulings</a></strong> on its motion to hold Facebook in contempt of court, which was heard on Aug. 14, after Facebook refused to let investigators wiretap encrypted voice calls made using its Messenger app.

SACRAMENTO — The ACLU asked a federal judge Wednesday to make the Department of Justice unseal any docket sheets and rulings on its motion to hold Facebook in contempt of court, which was heard on Aug. 14, after Facebook refused to let investigators wiretap encrypted voice calls made using its Messenger app.

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