Yahoo Investors Shrug Off Report That Company Helped U.S. Government Scan Emails

Yahoo! Inc. YHOO investors don't seem too worried about the revelation that the company helped the government to scan incoming emails of its customers.

A Reuters report said Yahoo complied with National Security or FBI diktat for scanning millions of mail accounts.

However, some might not have been surprised by the disclosure.The company admitted in 2013 to having provided such details to the government.

Related Link: Why Verizon Just Found Out About Yahoo's Security Breach This Week

It's not clear as to what the intelligence officials' objectives were.

The report wasn't clear about any data being handed over to the government agencies or what type of data the agencies demanded. Other email providers have yet to react to the news and whether they have also been asked to scan all incoming mails.

Shares traded recently at $43.07, down 0.2 percent.

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