{"id":373908,"date":"2018-08-18T15:18:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T14:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-u-s-government-seeks-facebook-help-to-wiretap-messenger-sources\/"},"modified":"2018-08-18T15:18:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T14:18:16","slug":"prison-planet-com-u-s-government-seeks-facebook-help-to-wiretap-messenger-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-u-s-government-seeks-facebook-help-to-wiretap-messenger-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb U.S. government seeks Facebook help to wiretap Messenger \u2013 sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-facebook-encryption-exclusive\/exclusive-u-s-government-seeks-facebook-help-to-wiretap-messenger-sources-idUSKBN1L226D\"><strong>Reuters<\/strong><\/a><br \/>August 18, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>The U.S. government is trying to force Facebook Inc (<span id=\"\u201dsymbol_FB.O_0\u201d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/finance\/stocks\/overview?symbol=FB.O\">FB.O<\/a><\/span>) to break the encryption in its popular Messenger app so law enforcement may listen to a suspect\u2019s voice conversations in a criminal probe, three people briefed on the case said, resurrecting the issue of whether companies can be compelled to alter their products to enable surveillance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The previously unreported case in a federal court in California is proceeding under seal, so no filings are publicly available, but the three people told Reuters that Facebook is contesting the U.S. Department of Justice\u2019s demand.<\/p>\n<p>The judge\u00a0in the Messenger case heard arguments on Tuesday on a government motion to hold Facebook in contempt of court for refusing to carry out the surveillance request, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook and the Department of Justice declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Messenger issue arose in Fresno, California, as part of an investigation of the MS-13 gang, one of the people said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-facebook-encryption-exclusive\/exclusive-u-s-government-seeks-facebook-help-to-wiretap-messenger-sources-idUSKBN1L226D\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; 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