And if you refuse or actively obstruct the court order?
(I was mainly citing your article to establish the the gag order. First hit for https://duckduckgo.com/?q=facebook+gag+nsa )
(I was mainly citing your article to establish the the gag order. First hit for https://duckduckgo.com/?q=facebook+gag+nsa )
If you, the recipient, want to challenge the order as invalid, you're free to do so, and there's an appeal process. I was the first to disclose two weeks ago that Google is fighting two national security orders in two different federal courts (SF and NYC). There have been other similar cases. A facial challenge to FISAA 702 (by Amnesty, not the provider) went all the way to the Supreme Court.
You really need to read the applicable laws. My articles link to them. Otherwise it's like talking about the details of mobile app development without knowing how to program.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
(Note I'm not pretending to be a journalist here, just wearing my conspiracy hat today)
Sounds kind of tyrannical to me, but what do I know?
So disobeying a court order is contempt of court, but a judge can't throw you in jail without a hearing for it.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempt_of_court#United_States