Mark Zuckerberg Calls US Government ‘Threat to the Internet’

ABC News ^ | March 13, 2014 | By Alyssa Newcomb

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Mark Zuckerberg lashed out at the government for its surveillance practices in a rant today on his Facebook page.

“When our engineers work tirelessly to improve security, we imagine we’re protecting you against criminals, not our own government.,” Zuckerberg wrote.

Zuckerberg and other major tech CEOs have called on the Obama administration to be more transparent about spying efforts. The Facebook co-founder, 29, said he vented about his concerns in a phone call to the president. “The US government should be the champion for the internet, not a threat. They need to be much more transparent about what they’re doing, or otherwise people will believe the worst,” he wrote.

Zuckerberg concluded his post with a call to action to internet users, saying it’s up to everyone to “build the internet we want.”

[Zathras]

He is the last person on earth to find out the gov. has been using his company to spy on its own people.

[usconservative]

The greatest threat to the internet, our economy, liberty, freedom and America itself is sitting in the White House.

[upchuck]

Can you spell IRONY?

Facebook is evil.

This is similar to Feinstein calling down her beloved CIA.

[sasquatch]

Dude,
Where have you been?

[Georgia Girl 2]

Looks like Zuck woke up. :-)

[indthkr]

"lashed out at the government for its surveillance practices"

LMAO! So says the head of one of the worlds biggest for-profit surveillance and data mining applications.