Massive operation involved in PRISM spying reauthorized in secret court under White House watch

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The Economist – TODAY a top-secret order that enables America spying on over 100m citizens will be renewed. Or it won’t. We really don’t know. All that one can be sure of is that the order for Verizon to hand over metadata—such as the duration, direction and location.

Apple, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft and Facebook want PRISM transparency

The Inquirer – SEVERAL HIGH PROFILE information technology firms have co-signed a letter that asks US President Barack Obama for permission to report on PRISM data requests. Firms including Mozilla, Apple, Reddit, Yahoo, Microsoft, Google and Facebook have put their names on the letter.