The US government is using Google and social media sites like Facebook as mass surveillance tools, as user data requests have dramatically increased over the past decade, a new report reveals. ProtonMail, an end-to-end encryption email firm, found requests to Google increased by 510 percent since 2010 and requests to Facebook rose 363 percent since 2013. The team also notes that in just 2019, Google received 157,435 user data requests worldwide and Facebook received 269,492. The team also found that in just 2019, Google received 157,435 user data requests worldwide and Facebook received 269,492‘While US law prevents the NSA from performing bulk data collection, corporations like Google and Facebook face few restrictions on gathering data on their users,’ ProtonMail shared in the report. And the US has had more requests from Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo than another of the other 13 countriesAnd the US has had more requests from Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yahoo than another of the other 13 countries.

Source: Daily Mail June 16, 2020 20:24 UTC