The Federal Bureau of Investigation is monitoring the web for potential terrorist activity, the Internet giant Google says in a transparency report. The Federal Bureau of Investigation used National Security Letters -- a form of surveillance that privacy watchdogs call 'frightening and invasive' -- to surreptitiously seek information on Google users, the web giant revealed.
The total number of such requests from global law enforcement agencies is over 12,400, Apple said in a report.
Facebook blocked 5,832 pieces of content during July-December 2014 on orders of the Indian government.
Apple, along with other technology companies, is allowed only to report such numbers in increments of 1,000
The National Security Agency lost its authority to collect the phone records of millions of Americans, thanks to a new reform measure Congress passed on Tuesday