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A federal appeals court blocked the Trump administration's order to LinkedIn for extensive private data on a group of reporters, ruling it went too far and would reveal the identities of numerous unrelated confidential sources. The decision, which centered on the administration's request for 18 months' worth of data, raised the possibility that it involved a known leak inquiry into a New York Times article disclosing a botched military operation in North Korea in 2019. The Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit sent the dispute back to a district court judge to narrow the order. The ruling stressed the importance of First Amendment press freedoms and the confidentiality of sources.
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