NSA Fallout Tests Obama Relationship With Tech Companies
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Technology company executives left a meeting with President Barack Obama with no commitment to limit government snooping on internet traffic, according to an industry official briefed on the session.
The group included executives from seven companies, including Marissa Mayer of Yahoo and Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, that are pressuring the administration and Congress to restrict the National Security Agency’s scooping up of their users’ data. The topic consumed most of the discussion.
Ms. Mayer, Yahoo’s CEO and an Obama campaign donor, warned the president that backlash over U.S. spying may splinter the internet as countries adopt different standards to thwart surveillance, according to the industry official, who asked not to be named because yesterday’s discussion was private.
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