Google today released its latest transparency report with a stronger message for its users and the United States government, and more detailed reporting about the types of surveillance US authorities use to obtain information. In a blog post announcing the report, Google imitated the government's infamous black marker of redaction for secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act requests, noting that "the US government contents that we cannot share this information."
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Yesterday, Richard Salgado, Google's director of law enforcement and information security matters, said that "the current lack of transparency about the nature of government surveillance in democratic countries... undermines the freedoms most citizens cherish." Google also argues that the secret data requests undermine its business and the security and openness of the entire internet. Since leaks about mass government surveillance became public this year, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and other companies have petitioned the government to relax the secrecy surrounding FISA requests for user data.
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- Date Published:11/14/2013
- Original Publication:The Verge