Amazon Argues Alexa Has Free Speech Rights In Murder Trial Fight

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Amazon is sticking to its guns in the fight to protect customer data. The tech titan has filed a motion to quash the search warrant for recordings from an Amazon Echo in the trial of James Andrew Bates, accused of murdering friend Victor Collins in Bentonville, Arkansas in November 2015. And it's arguing that the responses of Alexa, the voice of the Echo, has First Amendment rights as part of that motion.

 

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2017/02/23/amazon-echo-alexa-murder-trial-first-amendment-rights/#42184b554d55

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Good; they can find evidence by other means, specifically those that don't require the forfeiting of a basic right to privacy. Such a large scale action sets an irreversible precedence. Must stay strong.