A federal judge considered the probative value of Facebook “likes” and comments in a hearing Friday as he mulled how to address a motion to quash government search warrants for accounts connected to protests during President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
D.C. Superior Court Chief Judge Robert Morin asked Assistant U.S. Attorney John Borchert about the government’s intentions for its search, and what exactly it wants to obtain from the accounts. The ACLU moved to intervene in the case last month on behalf of the three account holders. The group asked the court to block three separate warrants for information on two activists’ Facebook accounts, as well as on the official Facebook page for DisruptJ20, a group that organized Inauguration Day protests in Washington, D.C.
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