Microsoft and Google lead coalition demanding limits on government surveillance

In October, the tech industry's biggest companies petitioned congress to reform the US Government's surveillance policies. Now, the firms are taking their pleas global. Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo and AOL (Engadget's parent company) have banded together to ask the world's governments to reassess its intelligence practices.

via Tech News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/09/tech-giants-call-for-surveillance-reform?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000589