US tech firms push for govt transparency on security

Three of the largest Internet companies called on the US government to provide greater transparency on national security requests on Tuesday, as they sought to distance themselves from reports that portrayed the companies as willing partners in supplying mass data to security agencies.

In similarly worded statements released within hours on Tuesday, Google, Microsoft and Facebook all asked the US government for permission to make public the number and scope of data requests each receives from security agencies.

via Business feed http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1258974/us-tech-firms-push-govt-transparency-security