Facebook to Google Say NSA Spying Bill is Unacceptable [View all]
Source: Bloomberg.com
A group of technology companies, including Facebook Inc. (FB), Google Inc. (GOOG) and Apple Inc. (AAPL), said the bill U.S. lawmakers plan to vote on tomorrow to limit National Security Agency spying doesn’t go far enough.
The legislation “has moved in the wrong direction,” the Reform Government Surveillance coalition said in a statement today. The coalition formed last year in an effort to distance Internet companies from perceptions that they willingly cooperated with government surveillance programs.
Objections by the companies, which also include Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), come after Republicans in the House of Representatives negotiated in private with President Barack Obama’s administration to alter the legislation. It’s the only bill lawmakers from both major parties have been able to agree on to curb NSA powers almost a year after spying was exposed in documents leaked by former U.S. contractor Edward Snowden.
“The latest draft opens up an unacceptable loophole that could enable the bulk collection of Internet users’ data,” the coalition said. “While it makes important progress, we cannot support this bill as currently drafted and urge Congress to close this loophole to ensure meaningful reform.”
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