Dropbox joins the call for transparency, asks government to let it publish surveillance requests

Dropbox has thrown in its lot with Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and other companies looking for permission to publish information about secret national security requests. The company has filed an amicus brief with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, requesting that the court give all internet companies permission to tell users how many national security-related information requests they receive and how many users are affected by them, even if the orders themselves are protected by a gag order. "The Court should not permit the government to invoke the mere label of 'national security' to justify the speech restraints it seeks," says the filing. While the filing isn't a lawsuit in its own right, it supports the suits filed by others, and a favorable result for any of them would also be an excellent sign for Dropbox.