Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Elon Musk\u2019s social media company X has asked the Supreme Court to shield its users from US law enforcement, intervening in a case that could force the federal government to produce a warrant to access private data.In a brief filed to the high court, X said it was concerned about \u201cbroad, suspicionless\u201d requests, adding that platforms should \u201cnot be coerced into helping governments undermine their users\u2019 privacy\u201d.The supporting brief, filed on Friday, comes in a long-running case brought by James Harper, a user of crypto exchange Coinbase. He claims he was one of thousands of Coinbase clients whose trading data was handed to the Internal Revenue Service as part of a \u201cfishing expedition\u201d by the agency into potential tax fraud, in violation of the site\u2019s privacy policies.A win for the plaintiff in the case, which the Supreme Court has not yet agreed to hear, would restrict the US government \u2014 of which Musk is a part \u2014 from compelling data to be handed over by X without \u201cprobable cause and particularised suspicion\u201d.\u00a0X, which was bought on Friday by Musk\u2019s artificial intelligence company xAI, declined to comment on the filing.A person close to X said Harper\u2019s case \u201craises a concern that [X] users\u2019 speech might be curtailed if the government is allowed to have access to users\u2019 data without a court-approved search warrant\u201d. They added: \u201cThis issue is not specific to X. It means that the constitution does not prevent the government from snooping through any user\u2019s account on any social media platform or financial platform.\u201d The timing of the intervention by X \u2014 the only individual corporation to have filed a brief in the case to date \u2014 is notable given the Trump administration\u2019s use of public material on social media to vet migrants. The Department of Homeland Security last month proposed broadening the collection of social media account handles from visa applicants and those wishing to apply for residence in the US.\u00a0A White House spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.X\u2019s filing in the Supreme Court case also comes as Musk has taken an increasingly combative approach to what he claims have been government efforts globally to censor social media users. Since buying X for $44bn in 2022, the self-proclaimed \u201cfree speech absolutist\u201d has attacked \u201ctakedown\u201d requests in Brazil, India and Australia, clashing with governments and judiciary in those countries.\u00a0\u00a0In the Harper case, X appears to be concerned that US government agencies could obtain users\u2019 private records, using a legal doctrine that gives law enforcement a right to access information shared by an individual with third parties, even if no warrant has been issued.\u201cIf Tony Soprano makes an \u2018arrangement\u2019 with a \u2018business associate\u2019, any collateral promises are unenforceable, including promises to keep it a secret,\u201d X\u2019s lawyers wrote, referring to the mob boss in the HBO TV drama The Sopranos.\u201cBut terms of service agreements between users and Coinbase or X Corp would not be deemed illegal contracts, merely because some users\u2009.\u2009.\u2009. are otherwise properly subject to government investigation.\u201dX collects financial data from brands that advertise on its platform as well as users who offer or sign up to paywalled content.The platform is looking to push further into financial services. Lawyers for X pointed out in the brief that chief executive Linda Yaccarino recently announced plans to launch X Money, a digital wallet and peer-to-peer payment service, with Visa as its first partner.X\u2019s brief was filed by lawyers at the Pacific Legal Foundation, a decades-old public interest law firm that fights for civil liberties. Its staff have previously criticised Musk on other matters.Chris Giancarlo, a lawyer at Willkie Farr, whose firm is representing another supporter of the plaintiff in the case pro bono, said the Supreme Court decision \u201ccould have a lasting effect on the standards by which the government may access\u00a0customers\u2019 private information on crypto exchanges and other platforms without probable cause\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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