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Reform Government Surveillance

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Global Government Surveillance Reform 

The undersigned companies believe that it is time for the world’s 
governments to address the practices and laws regulating government 
surveillance of individuals and access to their information.

While the undersigned companies understand that governments need to take 
action to protect their citizens’ safety and security, we strongly believe 
that current laws and practices need to be reformed.

Consistent with established global norms of free expression and privacy and 
with the goals of ensuring that government law enforcement and intelligence 
efforts are rule-bound, narrowly tailored, transparent, and subject to 
oversight, we hereby call on governments to endorse the following 
principles and enact reforms that would put these principles into action..

Voices For Reform

 “Reports about government surveillance have shown there is a real need for 
greater disclosure and new limits on how governments collect information. 
The US government should take this opportunity to lead this reform effort 
and make things right.”
—Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook

“The security of users’ data is critical, which is why we’ve invested so 
much in encryption and fight for transparency around government requests 
for information. This is undermined by the apparent wholesale collection of 
data, in secret and without independent oversight, by many governments 
around the world. It’s time for reform and we urge the US government to 
lead the way.”
—Larry Page, CEO, Google

 “These principles embody LinkedIn’s fundamental commitment to transparency 
and ensuring appropriate government practices that are respectful of our 
members’ expectations.”
—Erika Rottenberg, General Counsel, LinkedIn

“People won’t use technology they don’t trust. Governments have put this 
trust at risk, and governments need to help restore it.”
—Brad Smith, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Legal and 
Corporate Affairs, Microsoft

 “Twitter is committed to defending and protecting the voice of our users. 
Unchecked, undisclosed government surveillance inhibits the free flow of 
information and restricts their voice. The principles we advance today 
would reform the current system to appropriately balance the needs of 
security and privacy while safeguarding the essential human right of free 
expression.”
—Dick Costolo, CEO, Twitter

“AOL is committed to preserving the privacy of our customers’ information, 
while respecting the right of governments to request information on 
specific users for lawful purposes. AOL is proud to unite with other 
leading Internet companies to advocate on behalf of our consumers.”
—Tim Armstrong, Chairman and CEO, AOL

“Protecting the privacy of our users is incredibly important to Yahoo. 
Recent revelations about government surveillance activities have shaken the 
trust of our users, and it is time for the United States government to act 
to restore the confidence of citizens around the world. Today we join our 
colleagues in the tech industry calling on the United States Congress to 
change surveillance laws in order to ensure transparency and accountability 
for government actions.”
—Marissa Mayer, CEO, Yahoo



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