Verizon transparency report reveals increase in US government data requests

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But telecoms firm prohibited from revealing data it submits to NSA

The US government made a total of 320,000 requests for customer information from American telecoms giant Verizon throughout 2013. The total marks an increase on the number of requests made to Verizon...

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