10.12.2013 09:20 Uhr, Quelle: Macworld UK

Google, Microsoft, others join in calling on NSA limits

Eight of the largest U.S. Internet companies are formally urging the White House and Congress to rein in surveillance by the National Security Agency, a move at least one privacy advocate says will add pressure on Congress to further restrict NSA activity.[NSA revelations bolstering demands for congressional action]AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo sent an open letter calling on the U.S. to lead the world toward government restraint on data collection. The companies published the letter Monday online and in full-page ads in a number of U.S. newspapers."We urge the US to take the lead and make reforms that ensure that government surveillance efforts are clearly restricted by law, proportionate to the risks, transparent and subject to independent

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