15.06.2013 03:35 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Facebook reveals government data request numbers, is first to include national security stats

Facebook lawyer Ted Ullyot revealed in a post tonight precisely how many user-data requests it receives from government entities, and that it's negotiated the ability to include national security-related (FISA and National Security Letters) inquiries in the report. Until now, the companies that receive such requests, whether through the recently uncovered PRISM program or not, have not been able to say anything about them, or report how many there are. Still, the stats it's able to release aren't very specific, only providing a range, and including all requests in a range, said to be between 9,000 and 10,000. We still have no official reports on what those inquiries cover, how wide reaching they are or what information has been passe

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