Internet's Big Names In Battle To Salvage Reputations After NSA Revelations -- The Guardian
Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple have been floundering for a response
Google. Apple. Facebook. Microsoft: they are the brands that want the world to trust them with personal information, emails, photos, documents – yet they are now facing a battle to maintain that trust after disclosures that the US government was given access to their customers' data online via the Prism programme operated by the NSA.
The companies involved – Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, Apple – vigorously deny giving the Obama administration backdoor access to users' internet information, but the potential damage to their brand reputation has left the companies floundering for a way to respond.
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Disclosures on NSA spying alarm U.S. lawmakers, tech companies -- Reuters
News bites: Silicon Valley shaken by NSA data-collection program -- The Hill
President Obama tries to calm fears over Prism programme that mines private data from Google, Apple, YouTube and Facebook -- The Independent
NSA Prism Spying: Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and Yahoo Deny Sharing 'Direct Access' To User Data? [REPORT] -- International Digital Times
Tech Companies Tread Lightly in Statements on U.S. Spying -- New York Times
'Quit Google, Facebook' suggests tech expert as surveillance scandal deepens -- Chris Baraniuk, Wired
Cassidy: NSA Prism surveillance program sullies digital relationships -- Mike Cassidy, Mercury News
NSA PRISM Scandal: The Rotten Washington-Silicon Valley Relationship Is Finally On Full Display -- Policymic
Silicon Valley's Biggest PRISM Worry: The End of Its Business Model -- Rebecca Greenfield, Atlantic Wire