U.S. Threatened Yahoo for User Data

UNDERHANDED

Updated Apr. 14, 2017 3:01PM EDT / Published Sep. 11, 2014 4:52PM EDT

Justin Sullivan

The American government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day in 2008 unless it surrendered user data, according to court documents unsealed on Thursday. Yahoo waged a legal battle to resist the demands, which it believed unconstitutional, but ultimately lost, making it one of the first companies to join PRISM, the program that gave the NSA access to Yahoo users’ online communication records. “The released documents underscore how we had to fight every step of the way to challenge the U.S. Government’s surveillance efforts,” Yahoo General Counsel Ron Bell wrote in a Tumblr post on Thursday.

Read it at The Washington Post

Taylor Swift ‘Moving in’ to Travis Kelce’s Home: Report

A moving truck was spotted outside the NFL star’s Kansas City home Tuesday.

Dutch Pull ‘Endgame’ From Shelves After ‘Royal Racist’ Named

Author Omid Scobie blamed “translation errors” for the situation.

Palestinian Shot in Vermont May Never Walk Again: Mom

Hisham Awartani, a student at Brown University, was shot along with two of his friends on a street in Burlington, Vermont, on Saturday.

Rupert Murdoch to Be Deposed in Smartmatic Defamation Suit

The 92-year-old media mogul is set to be questioned on Tuesday in the voting software firm’s $2.7 billion defamation case against the right-wing network he founded.

Billy Porter, Estranged Hubby Fight Over Their Cockapoo

At one point, Adam Smith’s lawyer said Porter could see the dog “as long as he can promise that he’s not doing drugs, that he’s not having parties.”

Republicans Reject Hunter Biden’s Offer to Testify Publicly

Rep. James Comer wants the first son’s testimony to be behind closed doors.

Woman Dies After 48-Foot Fall Through Hidden Well Shaft

Louise Downey, 83, was helping her daughter move in to a century-old home.

Georgia GOP Floats Map With Black-Majority Voting Districts

But the proposal left unchanged two of the 10 districts that were previously deemed illegal.

U.S. Threatened Yahoo for User Data

Justin Sullivan