The owner of the world’s most popular social-networking service Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) declared that it receives around 10,000 data requests from U.S. government entities.

While Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) also declared that they received thousands of warrants for data from government body in the U.S. during the second half of 2012.

Facebook said that it received 9,000 to 10,000 inquires, whereas Microsoft got 6,000 to 7,000, their lawful executives declared in blog posts yesterday. The firms, looking to reassure users those establishments don’t have tolerant access to personal details, said the numbers are a miniature fraction of their user bases.

So, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Facebook (FB) joined Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) in inquiring for disclosure permission, looking to reassure customers that authorities don’t have unfettered entrance to users’ personal details.

Google Inc. (GOOG), Facebook and Microsoft requested the U.S. government for further flexibility this week to report collective numbers of data appeals, after declared that the U.S. National Security Agency is gathering millions of residents’ telephone records and the Web communications of foreigners below court order. Whereas the firms have denied giving authorities express access to their systems, thousands of technology, finance as well as manufacturing businesses are exchange intelligence with security agencies, according to four people familiar with the matter.

Microsoft’s deputy general counsel, John Frank articulated in a blog post that this only affects a tiny fraction of Microsoft’s worldwide customer base. They continue to believe that what they are permitted to publish continues to drop short of what is needed to help the community understand and debate these issues.