• In 2008, the government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day if it didn't hand over user data

  In 2008, the U.S. government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day if it didn't hand over user data as part of the NSA's controversial PRISM program, according to court documents released today. The 1,500 page document outlines Yahoo's legal struggle to challenge the U.S. surveillance laws…

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• Yahoo was threatened with a $250,000-a-day fine for pushing back against surveillance

  Today, Yahoo announced plans to release new documents detailing its legal fight with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) . FISC is best known for authorizing the NSA's widespread data collection orders, issuing its decisions in secret because of the confidentiality of the programs…

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• The NSA Was Going to Fine Yahoo $250K a Day If It Didn't Join PRISM

  When we first learned about NSA metadata collection, we wondered how readily the biggest tech companies acquiesced to the government. Today we start to find out. This is the story of how Yahoo was coerced into PRISM , as told by court documents cited by the Washington Post today. Read more...

• With Yahoo's News Digest, Katie Couric comes to an iPad near you

  The news summarization app makes its way to Apple's tablet, along with a 2-minute weekly news recap hosted by the former ABC news personality.

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