Thursday, September 12, 2013

Zuckerberg: "I think the government blew it" on the spy - Terra Brazil

September 12, 2013 9:37 a.m. • updated at 15:00

Zuckerberg: “I think the government blew it” on the spy

Facebook CEO said that the U.S. government is pushing for more transparency

“I think the government blew it,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, about the scandal of eavesdropping National Security Agency U.S. (NSA) yesterday participate doTechCrunch Disrupt.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook Photo: Reuters Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook Photo: Reuters

“We take very seriously our role,” he said. “It is our duty to protect those who use Facebook. And it is the job of our government to protect us all, our freedom and economy. They were wrong to balance this.”

Zuckerberg also spoke to believe that people deserve to know more about government programs. The Facebook CEO said that the U.S. government is pushing for more transparency. He denied that Facebook allows you direct access to your servers government. He said applications are reviewed on a case.

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  • NSA Surveillance covers 75% of Internet traffic in the U.S., says WSJ
  • NSA says only “moves” with 1.6% of internet traffic
  • Hacker who broke into account Zuckerberg receives no reward
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  • espionage, Google, Yahoo! and Facebook demand greater transparency
  • Bug allowed

  • delete photos from other Facebook users

On Monday, Facebook and Yahoo! forçasm joined in a lawsuit seeking permission to publish more detailed data on government requests ordering information from users.

The Facebook CEO must travel to Washington next week to meet with politicians Republicans in the House of Representatives. The agenda is broad , but is expected to discuss the leak of the NSA and the issues related to privacy Facebook, according with the report.

The information is from Bussiness Insider and TechCrunch.


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