Yahoo Said to Have Aided U.S. Email Surveillance by Adapting Spam Filter by CHARLIE SAVAGE and NICOLE PERLROTH


By CHARLIE SAVAGE and NICOLE PERLROTH

A system built to scan emails for spam, child pornography and malware allowed Yahoo to search for a terrorist organization’s “signature” to satisfy a secret court order, several sources say.

Published: October 5, 2016 at 07:00PM

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