Facebook and Yahoo filed lawsuits in the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Monday seeking permission to disclose information about requests for user data they receive from the government. Google and Microsoft meanwhile expanded on similar suits they filed in June. The lawsuits may be aimed at improving the companies’ public image following a series of reports about how Internet firms comply with government requests for user information. The United States bars the companies from even discussing the existence of such requests.
Facebook, Yahoo Sue U.S. over Secret Data Requests
HeadlineSep 10, 2013