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Technology & Science

Dec. 3, 2009

Government Sued Over Networking Sites

Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a complaint against six U.S. government agencies Tuesday, demanding to know how they use social networking sites for investigative and data gathering purposes.

By Craig Anderson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a complaint against six U.S. government agencies Tuesday, demanding to know how they are using social networking sites for investigative and data gathering purposes.

The lawsuit is a follow-up to Freedom of Information Act requests to those agencies by the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. None of the agencies responded to ...

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