Cybersecurity
Yahoo to Facebook Lobbying on NSA Spying Pays in Congress
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A lobbying push by Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and other companies has won bipartisan support for legislation to let them say how they handle sensitive requests for surveillance data from the National Security Agency.
A bill introduced today by U.S. Representative James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, and Senator Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, would allow companies to disclose how often they turn over customer data to the U.S. government.