Microsoft and Google band together to sue US government over data requests

Microsoft and Google have jointly filed a lawsuit against the US government after talks about information disclosure failed to deliver the relief they are seeking.

The firms asked the government to allow them to say more about when and where snooping eyes come across services and users.

They made their requests in June when all eyes were on Edward Snowden and the PRISM revelations. They were seeking the right to disclose information about user data requests made under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

A number of meetings followed. But Microsoft and Google got no satisfaction from the government.

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