EFF Reviews Privacy Practices of Online Service Providers

During 2016, the US government made 49,868 requests to Facebook for user data; 27,850 requests to Google; and 9,076 requests to Apple. Governments will not stop making these requests, since the internet has become a major avenue for mass surveillance. The real issue is to what extent internet companies will seek to protect their users’ data from unwarranted government intrusions.