• US government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day to force access to user data

  Back in 2008, in the days of the BlackBerry Storm, netbooks and well, yes, Yahoo, the internet company was threatened with a hefty $250,000 per day fine from the US government. This was because it didn't want to comply with requests to hand over user...

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• US Tried to Fine Yahoo $250K a Day For Refusing to Release User Data

  Yahoo's general counsel said Thursday that the US government tried to force them to give up their user data in 2008 by threatening to fine them $250,000 each day they refused. Read more...

• Yahoo: Government made us give info to PRISM

  When PRISM first leaked, the tech companies involved in such a program were a major concern. Just about every major conduit for your digital info was listed, including Yahoo. Now it seems Yahoo's participation in PRISM may have been under heavy duress, and under penalty of a massive fine. It's…