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  • The Twitter logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S. on September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

    Twitter will keep fighting to share government data requests

    by 
    Christine Fisher
    Christine Fisher
    09.24.2020

    Twitter’s years-long battle over government surveillance and transparency isn’t over yet.

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    Senators ask credit agencies why they don't report FBI data requests

    by 
    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    12.14.2019

    Tech companies have long disclosed the number of national security letters (NSLs) they get from authorities, but the credit reporting agencies that often dictate your financial future have been silent -- and Congress wants answers. Senators Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden and Rand Paul have sent letters to the CEOS of Equifax, Experian and TransUnion asking why the companies don't divulge how many NSLs they receive from the FBI, or release those requests once the non-disclosure orders end. These companies have the "responsibility" to come clean about their information handling when they have loads of "potentially sensitive data," the senators said.