[ NNSquad ] Apple, Google, Facebook Join Civil Liberties Groups for NSA Transparency Push

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Apple, Google, Facebook Join Civil Liberties Groups for NSA Transparency Push

http://j.mp/1121Txr  (TIME)

   "The largest Internet companies in the United States have joined forces
    with top civil liberties groups to call on the White House and
    Congress to significantly increase the transparency surrounding the
    government's controversial National Security Agency surveillance
    programs. Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft and Twitter are
    among the tech giants that have signed a letter to the feds, asking
    for the right to disclose more information about national security
    data requests. Notably absent are the nation's largest phone
    companies, including AT&T and Verizon Wireless, which have remained
    silent about their participation in the government's snooping program."

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And note that the "silent" phone companies are among the dominant ISPs, of
course.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
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