Thursday, 12. September 2013
Topic: SECURITY - on September 12, 2013 at 1:44:00 PM CEST
Yahoo CEO Mayer: we faced jail if we revealed NSA surveillance secrets
Marissa Mayer, the CEO of Yahoo, and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook struck back on Wednesday at critics who have charged tech companies with doing too little to fight off NSA surveillance. Mayer said executives faced jail if they revealed government secrets.
Yahoo and Facebook, along with other tech firms, are pushing for the right to be allowed to publish the number of requests they receive from the spy agency. Companies are forbidden by law to disclose how much data they provide.
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