Yahoo is asking that the U.S. government set the record straight on requests for user data. Reports say the internet company has secretly scanned customer emails for terrorism-related information. Yahoo has called the Reuters report misleading. The internet company is urging more transparency over how the government goes about legally obtaining users’ private communications. The New York Times suggested the email scanning was done on behalf of the Department of Justice and meant to probe for signs of code belonging to a foreign terrorist group, according to a separate report.”]