The UK lawmakers urge the United Kingdom to hold a secret hearing in Apple “backdooor” in public places

A group of legislators in the United States from the two parties urges the President of the UK Monitoring Court to hold an open hearing in the expected challenge of Apple, which is to obtain the alleged legal demand for the UK government.

American Senator Ron Widen said, along with four other federal lawmakers, In this week’s message To the head of the UK’s Judicial Power Court (IPT) as “in the public interest”, no sessions are held on the alleged matter secretly.

The letter of lawmakers also says that the alleged UK command prevented the California -based Apple from engaging in speech “constitutional protected” under American law, and impedes the ability of legislators to conduct supervision in Congress.

Washington Post It was revealed in February that the UK government had ordered Apple earlier this year to establish a “The back door,” Allow UK authorities to access cloud stored data for any Apple client around the world. Apple, which is prohibited by law from revealing or commenting on the so -called “technical capabilities notice”, and reported that it was refused and refused ICLOD data is withdrawn the advanced data protection feature UK clients, instead of compliance with Backdooor.

the UK investigation courtWhich hears legal issues related to the use of monitoring powers in the United Kingdom, is scheduled to hear a special petition on Friday, for each The general table of the court. According to what was reported, the session is related to Apple, according to Widan’s message.

Apple was not suspended when accessed by Techcrunch on Friday.

The UK government has so far refused to comment on operational issues, which include “confirming or denying the existence of any such notifications,” according to a spokesman for

It is not clear how many companies that have received a technical request from the UK government.

According to the legislators’ message, “Google also told the Senator and Eden’s office that if it had received a technical notice, it will be prohibited from revealing this fact.”

Two groups of civil rights, freedom and international privacy are also Challenge the back system of the UK government By legal application to IPT. The couple also called for the supervision of the Apple Supervisory Authority in public places, and to join similar calls Earlier this week By privacy rights groups.