Yahoo Disputes Report on E-Mail Scanning for U.S. Government
- Carefully worded statement calls Reuters article ‘misleading’
- CEO Mayer is under increasing scrutiny ahead of Verizon deal
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Yahoo! Inc. is disputing a report that said it built a software program to scan customers’ incoming e-mails for U.S. intelligence agencies, an effort to reassure consumers as the company comes under growing scrutiny ahead of a planned acquisition by Verizon Communications Inc.
“The article is misleading,” Yahoo said in a statement Wednesday. “We narrowly interpret every government request for user data to minimize disclosure. The mail scanning described in the article does not exist on our systems.”