---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:45 AM Subject: "Global Government Surveillance Reform" ( Initiative by 8 US Corporations ) To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> http://reformgovernmentsurveillance.com/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25297044 Leading global technology firms have called for "wide-scale changes" to US government surveillance. *Eight firms, Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, AOL, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Yahoo, have formed an alliance called Reform Government Surveillance group.* The group has written a letter to the US President and Congress arguing that current surveillance practice "undermines the freedom" of people. It comes after recent leaks detailed the extent of surveillance programmes. "We understand that governments have a duty to protect their citizens. But this summer's revelations highlighted the urgent need to reform government surveillance practices worldwide," the group said in an open letter published on its website <http://reformgovernmentsurveillance.com/>. -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/