Sunday, June 16, 2013

Facebook, Microsoft release information on government data requests

Facebook just announced that it is indeed launching ability to follow conversations via hashtags, as was reported in March. In the blog post announcing the n..

In an effort to reassure users, Facebook discloses it has received legal orders to turn over details on about one-thousandth of one percent of user accounts. So does Microsoft, and Google plans to do the same. Read this 

Updated. As the PRISM scandal shows no signs of dying down in the public consciousness, Facebook has just released the fullest account to date of the requests it has received from United States law enforcement and 

Facebook floated the idea of creating "transparency reports," with lawyer Ted Ullyot saying in a statement "We urge the United States government to help make that possible by allowing companies to include information about the size and scope of

MENLO PARK, Calif. – Technology giants Facebook and Microsoft said Friday night that they have received thousands of requests from U.S. government agencies to turn over user data in the just last six months of 2012. Representatives of both companies 

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