the electronic frontier foundation has put out its seventh annual who has your back report on online service providers privacy and transparency practices regarding government access to user data and while some major providers are participating in the net neutrality protests like a t. and t. those same companies are actually fans of the f.c.c. is net neutrality rules in the first place and according to the report in twenty sixteen the united states government sent at least forty nine thousand eight hundred and sixty eight requests to facebook for user data in the same time period it sent twenty seven over twenty seven thousand requests to google and over nine thousand to apple and these companies are alone were used or seen new communities to communicate and store data law enforcement agencies see new avenues for surveillance but while some companies are looking out for consumers when it comes to handing over their data to the government others seem to be playing both sides of this debate and even says the report points out three safeguards in place to keep your data from ending up in

. >> reporter: the electronic frontier foundation explains right now, you control what you access online. for instance, comcast which owns nbc can't say slow down the load time for competing networks like abc and cbs and at&t and verizon can't charge you more to access each other's contents. without net neutrality -- >> they would have the ability to block some websites or simply make it really hard to access them by making it really slow. >> reporter: since most people have limited choices for internet service, she notes you can't vote with your wallet so the tech giants hope today people vote with their voice. now, the fcc's website has already received more than 6 million comments on the topic since april. all three big internet providers released statements today saying they do support net neutrality and most saying they want congress to pass legislation instead of the fcc with these rules. regulating the issue once and for all. julie watts, kpix 5. >>> good news for 49er fans. last season, eh, well, it stunk. let's just tell the truth. but the team is ranked in forbes' top ten most

. >> electronic frontier foundation explains now you control what you access. comcast which owns nbc can't slow down the load time for competing networks like abc or cbs and att and verizon can't charge more to access each other's content. without net neutrality with competitors or small websites that can't afford fees. >> isps would have the ability to block websites or make it hard to access them by making it slow. >> reporter: since most people have limited choices so they hope people vote with their voice. they've already received more than 6 million comments on this topic since april. internet providers released statements saying they do support net neutrality. the final decision from fcc could be in a few months. we'll be right back. my name is valerie decker and i'm a troubleman for pg&e. i am a first responder to emergencies 24 hours a day, everyday of the year. my children and my family are on my mind when i'm working all the time. my neighbors are here, my friends and family live here, so it's important for me to respond as quickly as possible and get

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