Elon Musk’s X has filed a Supreme Court brief supporting a user suing the U.S. government over access to private crypto data without a warrant, according to the Financial Times. X argued against broad, suspicionless data requests, saying platforms shouldn’t be forced to help the government undermine user privacy. The case involves a Coinbase user who claims the IRS accessed user data without probable cause. A ruling in the plaintiff's favor could block law enforcement from obtaining private data without specific suspicion. The filing comes as X expands into financial services with plans for a peer-to-peer payment system called X Money amid rising government scrutiny of social media activity.
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00:00It's Benzinga, bringing Wall Street to Main Street.
00:02Musk's ex has filed a Supreme Court brief supporting a user suing the U.S. government
00:06over access to private crypto data without a warrant.
00:09And according to the Financial Times, ex argued against broad suspiciousness data,
00:13requests saying platforms should be forced to help the government undermine user privacy.
00:18Case involves a Coinbase user who claims the IRS accessed user data without probable cause.
00:23Ruling in the plaintiff's favor could block law enforcement from obtaining private data
00:27without specific suspicion.
00:29Filing comes as ex expands into financial services with plans for a peer-to-peer payment
00:34system called ex-money and amid rising government scrutiny of social media activity.