10 Dec, 2013
Google and Facebook call for end to US spy agencies’ data mining – FT.com
Leading US technology companies, including Apple, Google and Facebook, have called on Washington to stop spy agencies from collecting huge amounts of telephone and internet data and to limit the powers that compel them to hand over such information.
The unusual joint letter, published on Monday, puts the companies on a collision course with the US intelligence establishment which is pushing President Barack Obama to maintain access to bulk records, known as metadata, to track alleged terrorists across the globe.
The letter, signed by Apple, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and AOL, sets out a series of principles to which, the companies say, governments should adhere.
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