Ron Burgundy Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Digital privacy advocates and users of Reddit expressed their alarm on Friday over a change in the forum's transparency report that suggested it may have been asked to give customer data to FBI investigators under a secretive government authority. On Thursday, Reddit deleted a paragraph known as a "warrant canary." The paragraph had said that Reddit had not been subject to national security letters, which are used by the FBI to conduct electronic surveillance without the need for court approval, or "any other classified request for user information." Privacy advocates have long contested the letters, saying they are not subject to sufficient judicial oversight or transparency safeguards. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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