Civil Liberties Groups, Tech Firms Back Facebook Against Manhattan DA

Facebookis finding supporters in a fight stemming from court-approved search warrants in 2013 that allowed law enforcement officials to review accounts belonging to users suspected of fraud.

An amicus brief by the New York Civil Liberties Union -- and supported by the American Civil Liberties Union -- argues that the search warrants never should have been approved by the court because they were too broad and “profoundly invasive.” Several technology companies also signed on to a brief in support of Facebook’s position, including Google, Dropbox, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, Yelp, Foursquare, Kickstarter, Meetup and Tumblr.