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Patriot Act's 'Cloaked' Search Requests Deemed Unconstitutional

The U.S. government (acting through the FBI) can no longer send secret data requests to search engines under The Patriot Act, as a district court judge has ruled that the provision violates free speech rights.

It's unknown whether search giants like Google and Yahoo have received these requests in the past, because the law made it illegal to even reveal that the FBI had asked for the information.

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