IT giants are trying to clear his name - Gothenburg Post

Nine IT giants have provided information to the NSA, which is responsible for the U.S. government’s top-secret surveillance program Prism. Facebook and Microsoft now reveals in part the scope of cooperation.

Besides Facebook and Microsoft also turned Google into government after revelations of surveillance and asked to disclose how much has been left out. Google still negotiating with the government on which information may be disclosed.

In the second half of 2012, Facebook had between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data. It moved between 18,000 and 19,000 user accounts.

Distances itself

Facebook while trying to distance himself from the scandal. When various U.S. government agencies request information from Facebook, it can be anything from missing children to petty crimes and terrorist threats, writes corporate lawyer Ted Ullyot.

“We reject often such claims outright, or ask the authorities to restrict them, or provide them simply with much less data than requested. And we only do what the law requires,” says Ullyot.

Microsoft claims to have received requests for “all kinds of information” about 31,000 customer accounts during the second half of 2012.

Yahoo complained

Of the nine relevant IT giants are known to only Yahoo who appealed an order to the equally secret FISA court. It struck in 2008 held that the order was not against the American constitution.

Microsoft was the first to share the information with the Prism program. The collaboration began in 2007. The following year, stooped even Yahoo regulatory requirements.

Twitter, which promoted itself as a strong advocate of freedom of expression and privacy are still outside Prism.

nätjättarna While trying to repair the damage of IT analyst Edward Snowden’s revelations Hong Kong residents expressed their sympathy with him. In a rainy Hong Kong hundreds of people marched on Saturday to the government not to give him to the United States.

Fact: Nine IT giants providing information

Nine IT giants have submitted information in its servers to the NSA, which is responsible for the U.S. government’s top-secret surveillance program Prism:

AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Paltalk, Skype, Yahoo, Youtube

(TT)