EPIC Petitions Supreme Court To Review Its Case Seeking Release of Government’s Cellphone Shutdown Policy
The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a petition at the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of Department of Homeland Security policy since Bay Area Rapid Transit officials shut down cellphone service during a peaceful protest in 2011 in San Francisco,…
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EPIC said. A U.S. District Court judge in Washington initially ruled in EPIC’s favor, but DHS appealed the decision, saying releasing an unredacted version of the cellphone shutdown policy could “endanger many individuals’ lives or physical safety.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit agreed and ruled in favor of the DHS, and EPIC appealed Aug. 11.