Google, Facebook, others plan briefs supporting Apple in iPhone case: sources
26 Feb 2016 11:56 AM GMT
Sources familiar with the matter said that Google and Facebook would make filings.
The FBI's provisional decision means that the unlocking mechanism used on the San Bernardino iPhone will not be referred to the interagency procedure for review.
San Francisco: Alphabet Inc's Google, Facebook Inc, Microsoft Corp and Twitter Inc will all file or sign on to amicus briefs in support of Apple Inc's fight against a magistrate's order, which requires it to help the US Federal Bureau of Investigation break into a San Bernardino shooter's iPhone.
Sources familiar with the matter said that Google and Facebook would make filings. Microsoft will file a friend-of the-court brief as well, company President Brad Smith said in Congressional testimony Thursday.
Twitter also will sign a brief in support of Apple, Twitter said.
( Source : reuters )
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