Through a trio of search warrants, the Department of Justice (DoJ) is demanding Facebook hand over the personal information of potentially 6,000 of its users, it was revealed Thursday.
According to CNN, which obtained court documents pertaining to the case, the DoJ warrants target the accounts of three ?anti-administration activists who have spoken out at organized events, and who are generally very critical of this administration?s policies.?
That description comes from the three users? attorneys, CNN reports. It all stems from arrests made in Washington, D.C. on the day of Donald Trump?s inauguration back in January, following what the government claims were riots.
The warrants were served to Facebook in February, but a gag order prevented the social media giant from alerting the three users to the government?s intentions until the order was lifted in mid-September.
Once alerted, the users contacted the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which now represents them.
?What is particularly chilling about these warrants is that anti-administration political activists are going to have their political associations and views scrutinized by the very administration they are protesting,? the ACLU?s Scott Michelman told CNN.
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