SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Thursday sued the US government, arguing that secret warrants to search people's email violate constitutional rights of Americans.

The US tech giant brought the case "because its customers have a right to know when the government obtains a warrant to read their emails, and because Microsoft has a right to tell them," said the court filing in federal court in Seattle, near the company headquarters in Washington state.

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