Microsoft joined other large Internet companies in pushing back against government intrusion into their business. Microsoft is suing the federal government for violating Microsofts first amendment right to free speech. The individual right of privacy and security versus the expediency of law enforcement vis–vis the related issues of personal encryption and law enforcement access of private emails with an effective gag order preventing the individual from ever knowing that their electronic information was intercepted. In the first six months of 2015, Apple revealed that it had received 1,407 similar requests for secret searches 7.7 new searches every day.”]