Brewster Kahle—Challenged FBI National Security Letter as unconstitutional - worked with ACLU and EFF to protect user privacy
In 2007, when the FBI issued a National Security Letter demanding personal information about an Internet Archive user, Kahle refused to comply silently. He worked with the ACLU and EFF to challenge the NSL as unconstitutional, helping establish legal precedent for challenging these secretive government demands for user data.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Safety for Vulnerable Users | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| User Privacy | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.443 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (medium ×1) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Challenged FBI National Security Letter as unconstitutional - worked with ACLU and EFF to protect user privacy
In 2007, when the FBI issued a National Security Letter demanding personal information about an Internet Archive user, Kahle refused to comply silently. He worked with the ACLU and EFF to challenge the NSL as unconstitutional, helping establish legal precedent for challenging these secretive government demands for user data.