Web Companies to Disclose Surveillance Info After Deal with U.S

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Web companies to disclose surveillance info after deal with U.S.

Filed 2013-06-15T01:05:43+00:00

Updated 2013-06-15T01:54:07+00:00

Several Internet companies have struck an agreement with the U.S. government to release limited information about the number of surveillance requests they receive, two sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters.

The companies are expected to release numbers of government requests, without breaking out how many originate from a controversial National Security Agency program disclosed last week intended to gather intelligence about non-U.S. residents, the sources said.


Read more: http://preview.reuters.com/2013/6/15/web-companies-to-disclose-surveillance-info-after

[Tx4obama]

1. FaceBook: Not all the requests were from NSA, they were from local, state, and federal entities

Facebook Releases Data, Including All National Security Requests

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For the six months ending December 31, 2012, the total number of user-data requests Facebook received from any and all government entities in the U.S. (including local, state, and federal, and including criminal and national security-related requests) – was between 9,000 and 10,000. These requests run the gamut – from things like a local sheriff trying to find a missing child, to a federal marshal tracking a fugitive, to a police department investigating an assault, to a national security official investigating a terrorist threat. The total number of Facebook user accounts for which data was requested pursuant to the entirety of those 9-10 thousand requests was between 18,000 and 19,000 accounts.

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023019972

http://newsroom.fb.com/News/636/Facebook-Releases-Data-Including-All-National-Security-Requests

[Ian David]

2. I hope RedTube didn't tell the NSA which videos I gave five stars to.

Come on, who DOESN'T like a guy in a panda costume?

Don't judge, man.

[tavalon]

3. Duzy!