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Google Backs Major Effort To Rein In NSA
Matt Sledge huffingtonpost.com Google endorsed legislation on Tuesday that would roll back the National Security Agency's powers, adding its voice to an activist-led day of action. "Google recognizes the very real threats that the U.S. and other countries face, but we strongly believe that government surveillance programs should operate under a legal framework that is rule-bound, narrowly tailored, transparent, and subject to oversight," Susan Molinari, the company's vice president for public policy,wrote in a blog post. Molinari said the company supported the USA Freedom Act, a bill sponsored by Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) that would end the NSA's domestic call-tracking program and impose new limits on other forms of surveillance. Google and other tech companies are worried that revelations about the NSA's surveillance activities could hurt their business in privacy-conscious places like Europe. Google's announcement came on "The Day We Fight Back," an online push to lobby Congress for NSA reform. The protest was organized by a coalition of activist groups, like Demand Progress and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and popular websites, like Boing Boing and Upworthy. "We are thrilled that Google is joining untold activists -- nearly 20,000 calls have been placed to Congress already this morning -- in standing up against the NSA's intrusion into our privacy," said David Segal, executive director of Demand Progress. "Winning this fight is going to require a broad coalition of activists, organizations, and businesses, one that is coalescing around today's activism and will persist until we win the fight against mass suspicionless surveillance." to read more: huffingtonpost.com
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