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15 Mar, 2014

Zuckerberg tells Obama: Facebook slams US spying | The Australian

FACEBOOK chief Mark Zuckerberg yesterday said he had called US President Barack Obama to complain that the US government was undermining confidence in the internet with vast, secret surveillance programs.

In a post on his own Facebook page, the founder of the huge social network expressed anger towards Washington, in what appeared to be a reaction to new revelations about US government surveillance.

“I’ve called President Obama to express my frustration over the damage the government is creating for all of our future,” he wrote. “Unfortunately, it seems like it will take a very long time for true full reform.”

Read the rest: Faith in internet undermined, Zuckerberg tells Obama: Facebook slams US spying | The Australian.