facebook Microsoft discloses details of the monitoring data

The U.S. government was revealed through the "prism" plan nine Internet companies monitor customer data, the social networking site facebook and Microsoft, respectively, and the U.S. government reached an agreement, a limited public authorities to request access to details of the data. Facebook which means last year, the company received several U.S. government departments 9 1000-10000 times obtain user data requests, involving 10,008 to 10,009 from 1000 to one thousand accounts.

         As Microsoft is received in the same period the U.S. government six 1000-7 thousand criminal and national security request data requirements, affecting 30,001 1000-30002 one thousand accounts.

         facebook in the world with over 11 million users, the company who represents the U.S. government's most relevant requirements are routine inquiries about the police.

         facebook said that as of December 31 of last year, within six months, the U.S. government, including local government, state and federal governments, and includes criminal investigations and national security investigations, issue data requests for the nine 1000-10000 times. The specific objectives include local police search for missing children, the federal police to hunt down fugitives, and national security officials to investigate terrorist threats.

         facebook said that for cases related to national security, judicial investigation is highly confidential and highly sensitive. In the past, the judiciary even allowed facebook-like companies to disclose whether they were asked to provide data, not the data provided indicates facebook details.

         But the company has finally reached an agreement with the U.S. National Security Agency, which can disclose these messages. facebook reiterated that the company will be a detailed assessment of each government department data requests, whether from the state government, local government, federal government or other governments; and in the face of such data request will actively protect user data.

         The usual practice includes direct facebook reject the request, or require government departments to reduce the size of the reque