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The Supreme Court declines to take an appeal by X challenging ban on company disclosing federal surveillance of Americans and foreign nationals using the service

X, owned by Elon Musk, previously challenged a ban on disclosing warrant for the Twitter account of Donald Trump obtained by special counsel Jack Smith.

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris on June 16, 2023. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by the social media giant X c hallenging a ban on the company disclosing the number of times federal authorities sought surveillance of Americans and foreign nationals using the service. X, formerly known as Twitter, had argued that the federal government's prohibition on the company disclosing the exact number of receipts of national security-related requests for surveillance of users was unconstitutional, and should be granted only in exceptional cases.

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