In May 2006 , '' USA Today '' reported that Verizon , as well as AT&T and BellSouth , had given the National Security Agency landline phone records following the September 11 attacks . That same month , a $ 50 billion lawsuit was filed by two lawyers on behalf of all Verizon subscribers for privacy violations and to prevent the company from releasing additional records without consent or warrant . Protesters staged the National Day of Out ( R ) age due in part to the controversy . Verizon stated in 2007 that the company fulfilled only " lawful demands " for information , though also acknowledged surrendering customer information to government agencies without court orders or warrants 720 times between 2005 and 2007
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