Google to Feds: Let Us Publish More National Security Request Data [Updated]
Internet giant worried about losing trust with users
Worried about losing trust with users, Google asked the government today to let it publish more national security request data.
The letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller requested that the government allow Google to publish in its transparency report aggregate numbers of national security requests, including Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act disclosures.
Google's request comes amid reports that the National Security Agency had a virtual pipeline into Google users' online information and activities.
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