<ul><li>A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers are urging the head of the U.K.’s surveillance court for an open hearing into Apple’s challenge of a secret U.K. government legal demand.</li><li>The alleged U.K. order has barred Apple from engaging in constitutionally protected speech under U.S. law, hindering congressional oversight.</li><li>The U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal is scheduled to hold a private petition on Apple, but the lawmakers advocate for a public hearing.</li><li>Google, like Apple, indicated it would be restricted from disclosing if it had received a similar demand from the U.K. government.</li></ul>

US lawmakers urge UK spy court to hold Apple ‘backdoor’ secret hearing in public

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