GoKawiilAppeals court limits DOJ bid for journalists' LinkedIn messages in leak probe
A federal appeals court, in an opinion by Judge Wilkinson, ruled against a government request to collect journalists' LinkedIn direct messages in bulk to identify confidential sources in a leak investigation. While the court did not fully quash the surveillance order, it told the lower court to reconsider allowing LinkedIn to notify an attorney for the affected news outlet, rejecting the idea that data being technically collectible justifies its seizure.