From CNET: Microsoft is suing the US Department of Justice to try to prevent the government from forcing tech companies to turn over data without their customers' knowledge.
The software giant filed the case in federal court on Thursday with an aim to strike down a key legal mechanism used by the government, a tool that can force companies to turn over data but gags them from informing their customers.
These gag orders -- typically used in national security investigations -- prevent tip-offs, which may result in leaks or destruction of data.
But that's becoming an increasingly bigger problem for tech companies, like Microsoft, which over the past 18 months has been forced to maintain secrecy in 2,576 cases.
In more than two-thirds of those cases, the company has been gagged permanently.
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