By Michael Krieger: This is why I’ve been so confused and frustrated by the repeated reports of the behavior of the US government.
When our engineers work tirelessly to improve security, we imagine
we’re protecting you against criminals, not our own government.
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.
I’ve called President Obama to express my frustration over the damage the government is creating for all of our future. Unfortunately, it seems like it will take a very long time for true full reform.
So it’s up to us — all of us — to build the internet we want. Together, we can build a space that is greater and a more important part of the world than anything we have today, but is also safe and secure. I‘m committed to seeing this happen, and you can count on Facebook to do our part.
- Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg in a post last week
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.
I’ve called President Obama to express my frustration over the damage the government is creating for all of our future. Unfortunately, it seems like it will take a very long time for true full reform.
So it’s up to us — all of us — to build the internet we want. Together, we can build a space that is greater and a more important part of the world than anything we have today, but is also safe and secure. I‘m committed to seeing this happen, and you can count on Facebook to do our part.
- Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg in a post last week
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg made headlines by posting about how he
called President Barack Obama to express outrage and shock about the
government’s spying activities. Of course, anyone familiar with Facebook
and what is going on generally between private tech behemoths and U.S.
intelligence agencies knew right away that his statement was one
gigantic heap of stinking bullshit. Well now we have the proof.