Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Eric...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Eric Schmidt were two of several technology company CEOs that discussed surveillance and privacy with President Barack Obama Friday afternoon, according to company representatives and the White House daily schedule. The meeting came…
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a week after Zuckerberg publicly criticized Obama in a Facebook post over the government’s surveillance methods (http://on.fb.me/1nVf2Cc). “The US government should be the champion for the internet, not a threat,” Zuckerberg said, saying he had called Obama to “express my frustration.” Obama previously discussed surveillance with top tech and telecom CEOs -- including AT&T, Comcast, Dropbox and Netflix -- in December (CD Dec 18 p13). Facebook and Google declined to provide details about Friday’s meeting.