RISEUP, the Seattle-based collective that provides secure online communication tools designed for social activists, has confirmed that it received warrants from the FBI to inspect two users’ emails. Riseup users had warned on social media that the group’s “warrant canary” – a statement confirming that an organisation has not been issued with a court order to compromise users’ details – had not been updated for the Winter 2016 quarter, a sign that the group may have been served with a gagging order preventing it from notifying its users of a warrant.In November, Riseup issued a cryptic tweet, whoch users interpreted as a reference to the non-renewal of the warrant canary, saying: “Listen to the hummingbird, whose wings you cannot see, listen to the hummingbird, don’t listen to me. #LeonardCohen”The organisation has now confirmed that it received both a warrant from the FBI to inspect the emails of two users, alongside a gagging order preventing Riseup from going public.
Källa: Riseup confirms it received two FBI warrants and gagging order | TheINQUIRER
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