US MPs call on the UK Spy Court to hold Apple in the background of the Apple

A group of bilateral MPs in the United States are calling on the United Kingdom Monitoring Court leader to hold an open hearing in Apple’s expected challenge for the supposedly secret legal request by the United Kingdom Government.

American senator Ron Wayden, along with four other federal legislators, said In a letter this week Of the President of the Tribunal of Investigative Powers of the United Kingdom (IPT) that “in public interest” is any hearing for the alleged order not to be held secretly.

Legislators’ letter also states that the UK’s alleged order has banned California -based Apple from a speech, which is “constitutionally protected” under US law and impedes legislators to supervise the congress.

The Washington Post revealed in February that the United Kingdom Government earlier this year has secretly ordered Apple to create a “Rear part”, “ Allow the UK authorities to have access to data stored in the cloud of every Apple client around the world. Apple, which is legally prohibited by discovering or commenting on the so -called “technical notice notice,” reports that he has refused and Pulled his sophisticated data protection protection function from the UK customers instead of complying with the rear door order.

Ther The tribunal of investigators of the United Kingdom powerswho listens legal cases related to the use of the UK monitoring powers is intended to listen to a private petition on Friday, for The tribunal’s public scheduleS The hearing is reported to refer to Apple, according to Wyden’s letter.

Apple does not comment when it is reached by TechCrunch on Friday.

So far, the UK government has declined to comment on operational issues that include “confirming or denying existence of such notifications” to a speaker

It is unclear how many companies have received technical demand from the UK government.

According to the lawmaker’s letter, Google “also recently told Senator Widen’s office that if he had received a technical capacity notice, it would be forbidden to reveal this fact.”

Two civil rights groups, Liberty and Privacy International, are also challenging the UK Government’s order by legal presentation of IPT. The couple also called for the hearing of the supervisory authority in Apple’s complaint to be held public by joining such calls earlier this week through privacy groups.