Google, along with other tech giants like Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and Twitter, iscalling on Congress to end the bulk collection of communications metadata by US government agencies like the NSA.
The Reform Government Surveillance coalition, made up of 10 major tech companies, is joining hands with civil society group and trade associations to urge Congress to rethink surveillance programs in the country, and to establish greater transparency and accountability associated with them.
The coalition has addressed a letter [PDF] to President Obama, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and NSA director Admiral Michael Rogers and others, calling for reform ahead of the expiration date of Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act in May. Section 215 is one of the legal authorities that sanctions the bulk collection of communications metadata.
You can add your name to the letter by visiting this page.
The same group of companies previously pushed for the USA Freedom Act in November to curb mass data collection by the NSA, but the vote to proceed failed.
Source: thenextweb.com
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