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 ...

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 ...

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

The NSA uses the web of eight AT&T hubs for a surveillance operation code-named FAIRVIEW, a program previously reported by The New York Times. The program, first established in 1985 ...

Documents reviewed by Wired have revealed details of a secret call surveillance program run by the US government with the help of AT&T. Millions of Americans have been spied on by law enforcement ...

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 ...