The United States Department of Justice on Monday announced two new options for tech companies to report on government requests for information about their customers. In response, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn and Yahoo withdrew their lawsuits against the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court over the issue. "We filed our lawsuits because we believe that the public has a right to know about the volume and type of national security requests we receive," they said in a joint statement.DoJ Throws a Couple of Bones, Tech Firms Back Off
The United States Department of Justice on Monday announced two new options for tech companies to report on government requests for information about their customers. In response, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn and Yahoo withdrew their lawsuits against the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court over the issue. "We filed our lawsuits because we believe that the public has a right to know about the volume and type of national security requests we receive," they said in a joint statement.
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