Google, Facebook, Yahoo! Take Transparency Fight to Federal Court

Google, Facebook and Yahoo! are fighting back against the U.S government today with separate motions filed with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, in a bid to share more information about what and how much private information is shared with officials.

Google, Facebook, Yahoo! are fighting back against the U.S government with separate motions filed

with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court today in a bid to share more details about what and how much information is shared with officials, in the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks.

The super secretive FISA court approves surveillance requests made by the U.S. government. Though each tech company filed a separate motion, the action represents a rare instance of the tech giants coming together united behind a common cause.

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