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Facebook Get Its Transparency Wish, Reports on National Security-Related Data Requests

Facebook Get Its Transparency Wish, Reports on National Security-Related Data Requests

By Josh Wolford

On the heels of the leaked documents detailing the National Security Agency's secret internet surveillance initiative, PRISM, companies like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple were quick to deny any voluntary involvement in providing troves of user data to the U.S. government. Facebook and Google, most notably, ...

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