Showing posts with label Espionage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Espionage. Show all posts

December 9, 2013

Facebook and Twitter Join Tech Giants in Call for Obama to Curb Government Spying

The world's most powerful technology firms united today in calls to curb government spying on internet users. Bosses from Apple, Facebook, Google, AOL, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo said 'it's time to change' surveillance laws and practices in the wake of revelations about massive U.S. spying on citizens. The rare show of unity by usually fierce competitors is seen as a reflection of the damage in public confidence inflicted by leaks from Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor-turned-whistleblower. Earlier this year he revealed how U.S. and British spy agencies were able to...