FBI sought info on who read USA Today news article for case

The FBI sought information about readers of an online article as part of an investigation, it has emerged.

The FBI issued a subpoena - an order to submit evidence - to USA Today's owner Gannett, asking it for information about anyone who clicked on an article published in February aboutThe subpoena sought the IP addresses and phone numbers for readers of the piece during a 35-minute window. IP addresses can be used to find a computer's location and owner.

"Being forced to tell the government who reads what on our websites is a clear violation of the first amendment," said Maribel Perez Wadsworth, USA Today's publisher.Ms Wadsworth said the the FBI's order broke the justice department's guidelines on the "narrow circumstances" in which the government can subpoena reporters.

Gannett's lawyers say the order is "unconstitutional", and invades the rights of both the news organisation and its readers, citing a Supreme Court judgement that said: "A requirement that a publisher disclose the identity of those who buy his books, pamphlets or papers is indeed the beginning of surveillance of the press".

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