Summary of the issue in the article The issue is about Microsoft collaborating with the US National Security Agency to find solutions to users’ privacy. The scale of cooperation is found in Edward Snowden files that provide an idea of how top-secret prism program works. The files reveal that “Microsoft helped the NSA to find solutions and address issues that the agency would be unable to handle regarding the new outlook.com portal, and it had already started to access emails on outlook.com” (Greenwald et al. par. 5). In addition, the company worked with FBI to allow the NSA to easily access the prism. The company also collaborated with FBI’s data intercept to understand the issues in relation to outlook features that enable users to create emails” (Greenwald et al. par. 4). It is revealed from the article that there has been tension between Silicon Valley and the Obama’s administration (Greenwald et al. par. 8). Later, disputes arose between Microsoft Corporation and the NSA on one side and the advocates of human rights on the other side, where the NSA claimed to have direct access to the prism program that had systems of major internet companies. According “to the Surveillance Court, communications would be collected without warrant if the US citizens were not targeted” (Greenwald et al. par. 10). Despite the fact that Microsoft and other internet companies denied the allegations, there were many documents that indicated that the NSA was accessing encrypted information, and this made the complainants file lawsuits against the defendants. Microsoft, one of the defendants, defended itself and argued that it was complying with the law (Greenwald et al. par. 9) Nature of the case in the article The dispute was about the privacy of users of Microsoft and other internet applications. Microsoft had started to collaborate with the NSA to help it to offer services to its customers, but as they progressed, the NSA began to access all the programs of the Microsoft that made private companies lose confidence with regard to the use of the internet (Greenwald et al. par. 12). Many people and companies using Microsoft across the world were affected. Results of the dispute A lawsuit was filed against the NSA by the American Civil Liberties Union because of violating constitutional rights, i.e., speech, association, and privacy. The NSA also was sued for violating the First, Fourth, and the Fifth Amendments). The US citizens were worried about the broad and intrusive the NSA’s surveillance activities. Many private companies were believed to work closely with the US intelligence and accessed classified intelligence. New developments, updates, and additional case Government bodies and officials were sued for the mass call tracking programs, and President Obama, directors of National Intelligence, the NSA, and FBI were also sued by Eliott Schuchardt on the grounds of violating the Fourth Amendment. With regard to the new development, in February 26, 2014, the Obama’s administration requested the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to be allowed to track millions of phone calls longer than the then five years. In fact, the president appointed John Podesta to review huge data and privacy regulations (Greenwald