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Yahoo denies report of mass email surveillance

Allegations, if proven true, could reveal new level of spying by the NSA, say activists

Published Thu, Oct 6, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    Washington

    YAHOO on Wednesday rejected allegations of mass email surveillance amid an outcry from privacy activists over a report that it created a special scanning program at the behest of US intelligence.

    The report, which said the US Internet giant secretly scanned hundreds of millions of email accounts to help American intelligence, was "misleading", Yahoo said.

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