“Yahoo reports that it is on the verge of releasing 1,500 pages of documents related to a long court battle over its participation in the PRISM program, a National Security Agency program revealed last summer as part of the Snowden leaks. A leaked top-secret slide about PRISM shows that Yahoo was one of the first participants, having begun contributing to the database in March of 2008. It did so under severe duress. Company executives believed the government’s demand for data was ‘unconstitutional and overbroad’ and fought it in court. After it lost, Yahoo was threatened with $250,000 per day fines if it didn’t comply with the program.”
Did you like this?
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
(Visited 38 times, 1 visits today)
Related posts:
Man With Down Syndrome Killed By Police Over $11 Movie Ticket
Copyright Claim Blocks Online Posting of Important Technical Standards
How the Beast’s Votaries Justify Themselves
Debian founder allegedly suicides following brutal altercation with SFPD
Facebook Approves Dogecoin Tipping App
European Space Agency ponders asteroid-smashing mission
DHS Inspector General: TSA uses secrecy to avoid embarrassment
Linux bug leaves USA Today, other top sites vulnerable to serious hijacking attacks
The European Parliament’s Pro-Tax Politicians Should Go After their Own Tax-Protected Salaries
Send Mail To Bradley Manning (And Any Other Patriot In A Federal Dungeon)
Pot Grower Demands Speedy Trial, Is Imprisoned For 6 Years Without Trial
Ron Paul: Why Designate North Korea a 'State Sponsor of Terrorism'?
Now Greece Bans Cash – Again
Gold to play major role in Italy economic recovery
Elon Musk reveals Tesla-to-Apple poaching at about 5:1, welcomes 'iCar'