Recently I read an article (or more like a Forbes' blog post) on how tech companies are becoming a secretive (not that secretive, but in terms of what they do) and unofficial government agents. As social networking increases, there will be a better and higher chance for government agencies to intervene with tech companies. According to U.S government, sometimes these companies have to follow Federal inspections, that means that they take advantage for such inspections to request users information. The United States is not the only company that is increasingly taking advantage of this. We have an example of Yahoo and the Chinese government. Yahoo helped the Chinese government to arrest certain individuals that were considered a "threat" to the country.
Forbes' link:
http://blogs.forbes.com/kashmirhill/2011/04/11/are-tech-companies-becoming-unofficial-intelligence-agents/?partner=fbwall
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