Big technology companies, including Google, Microsoft Corp., Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. denied scanning incoming user emails on behalf of the U.S. government, following a report that Yahoo Inc. had built such a system. Reuters reported Tuesday that Yahoo had built a software system last year to scan all incoming email for specific information provided by intelligence officials, in compliance with a classified U.S. government...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 05, 2016 00:31 UTC