The United States government and one of the country's largest telecom carriers are once again embroiled in a mass surveillance controversy ... Hemisphere project, AT&T receives "indirect ...

Sen. Ron Wyden said in a letter that one U.S. phone carrier turned over Senate data to law enforcement without notifying the ...

Having been caught up in the surveillance controversy, they are braced for battle. NPR's Tom Gjelten dubs that battle the NSA versus the techs. TOM GJELTEN, BYLINE: Here's the conflict.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said Wednesday that three major phone carriers failed to establish systems to notify offices about ...

In a letter to fellow senators, the Oregon Democrat alleged that carriers had failed to properly warn lawmakers about surveillance requests.

The more significant public debate is about government surveillance practices, AT&T; said, and noted it and other carriers are obliged to comply with court orders. AT&T; also said it faces at ...

Most people behave differently when they know they’re being watched, a fact that holds both in the real world and online. For many Internet users, the knowledge that their words and actions ...

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, in a privacy suit against AT&T; Inc. involving surveillance by the National Security Agency, rejected the government’s motion that the case be ...

It was a point that he reiterated with me when we sat down the day after the speech, as we dissected several angles of the government surveillance controversy. Microsoft has done its part to remain as ...