A US company refused to comply with a top-secret order that compelled it to facilitate government surveillance, according to newly declassified documents.
It’s thought to be only the second instance of an American company refusing to comply with a government surveillance order. The first was Yahoo in 2008. It was threatened with hefty daily fines if it didn’t hand over customer data to the National Security Agency.
While the company was not named in the 2014-dated document, released Wednesday, it’s thought that it may be an internet provider or a tech company — rather than a telecoms provider.