Appeals court limits order for LinkedIn to disclose journalists' communications in leak probe
A judge must narrow an order requiring LinkedIn to divulge journalists' communications on the social media platform to the Trump administration as part of a leak investigation, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a case with profound free-speech implications.
TL;DR
- A federal appeals court has mandated that an order requiring LinkedIn to disclose journalists' communications be narrowed.
- The order was issued to the Trump administration as part of a leak investigation.
- The case carries significant implications for free speech.
- A judge must now revise the scope of the disclosure requirement.