YAHOO 'THREATENED' BY US GOVERNMENT WITH $250,000-A-DAY FINE (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Thursday, September 11, 2014, 21:33

According to court documents, the National Security Agency (NSA) had demanded that Yahoo comply with new surveillance rules, something the company said was unconstitutional.

Yahoo failed in a court challenge on the constitutionality of the order.

But the details emerged on Thursday when a federal judge ordered the unsealing of some material about case.

Yahoo's general counsel Ron Bell said publication of the material was "an important win for transparency".

Yahoo said that the government amended a law to demand user information from online services, prompting a court challenge. Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden disclosed the programme last year.

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