Internet firms release data on NSA requests

Major technology firms have released new data on how often they are ordered to turn over customer information to the government for secret national security investigations, resulting in the collection of data on thousands of Americans.

That release came after the companies were freed by a recent legal deal with government lawyers.

The publications disclosed by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, LinkedIn and Tumblr provided expanded details and some vented criticism about the government's handling of customers' Internet data in counterterrorism and other intelligence-related probes. The figures from 2012 and 2013 showed that companies such as Google and Microsoft were compelled by the government to provide information on as many as 10,000 customer accounts in a six-month period. Yahoo complied with government requests for information on more than 40,000 accounts in the same period.

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Online:

Google's disclosure: http://bit.ly/1aX9uFf
Microsoft's disclosure: http://bit.ly/1ekWklU
Yahoo's disclosure: http://bit.ly/LsbHfh
Facebook's disclosure: http://bit.ly/1nJLIQ2
LinkedIn's disclosure: http://bit.ly/MqxpBl