{"id":2496,"date":"2014-11-08T18:32:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T18:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2014-11-08T18:32:31","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T18:32:31","slug":"u-s-threatened-massive-fine-to-force-yahoo-to-release-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=2496","title":{"rendered":"U.S. threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/technology\/us-threatened-massive-fine-to-force-yahoo-to-release-data\/2014\/09\/11\/38a7f69e-39e8-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/rf\/image_2048w\/2010-2019\/WashingtonPost\/2014\/09\/11\/Technology\/Images\/148470920-CHVX.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' target=\\'_blank\\' href=\\'http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/technology\/us-threatened-massive-fine-to-force-yahoo-to-release-data\/2014\/09\/11\/38a7f69e-39e8-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html\\'&gt;U.S. threatened massive fine to force Yahoo to release data&lt;\/a&gt;The U.S. government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day in 2008 if it failed to comply with a broad demand to hand over user communications - a request the company believed was unconstitutional - according to court documents unsealed Thursday that illuminate how federal officials forced American tech companies to participate in the National Security Agency\\'s controversial PRISM program.&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;span class=\\&quot;embedly-powered\\&quot; style=\\&quot;float:right;display:block\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot; href=\\&quot;http:\/\/embed.ly\/code?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2Ftechnology%2Fus-threatened-massive-fine-to-force-yahoo-to-release-data%2F2014%2F09%2F11%2F38a7f69e-39e8-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html\\&quot; 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