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DOJ Changes Course on Yahoo Email

The Department of Justice changes its mind about pressuring Yahoo to deliver users' e-mails. The issue related to interpretation of the US Stored Communications Act and the authority of the Department of Justice to request that private information service providers deliver e-mails upon request. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Center for Democracy and Technology led the effort to block the DOJ's request to Yahoo.

US government backs down on Yahoo privacy, , By David Neal, The Inquirer