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Tech Firms to Share NSA Requests

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Thanks to a new DOJ deal.

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Silicon Valley can now tell you if they're siphoning your information to the government. The Department of Justice announced a deal with major tech companies like Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple, to share the amount of government date requests it receives each year. Attorney General Eric Holder revealed the order as part of President Obama's NSA reform, and it comes after companies like Google and Apple have taken backdoor NSA collection programs to court.

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