US government halts bid to silence Facebook over covert user probe

‘US federal prosecutors have retreated from a high-profile court battle with Facebook which threatened to impinge on social media users’ First Amendment rights.
“The parties to this appeal, Facebook, Inc. and the United States of America, jointly move to dismiss the instant appeal as moot,” the court documents read. “On September 13, 2017, the United States moved to vacate the nondisclosure orders (NDOs) that are the subject of the instant appeal.”
Earlier this year, prosecutors submitted warrants to Facebook for private information on three users, while also imposing a gag order on the social network from informing the individuals about the investigation.’
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