The Reform Government Surveillance coalition, including Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft and Apple, has added its support for the race to pass a bill through the US Senate to curb mass data collection from emails and internet metadata.
In an open letter to the Senate, the group said that the Senate has an opportunity this week to vote on the bipartisan USA Freedom Act, and urged them to pass the bill, which both protects national security and reaffirms America’s commitment to freedom.
The bill would also allow technology companies to disclose the number and types of data demands from Government as part of the continued transparency push from the industry.
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