by Tony Lee 21 Mar 2014
On Friday, President Barack Obama and his top advisers met with top “Internet CEOs”—including Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Eric Schmidt, Netflix’s Reed Hastings, and Dropbox’s Drew Houston—to discuss privacy issues after Zuckerberg and other tech leaders blasted Obama’s NSA for allegedly infecting computers with malware to steal user data.
Obama reportedly updated the CEOs “on the comprehensive ‘big data’ review being led by John Podesta,” which the White House claims will impact “the relationship between government and citizens; and how the public and private sectors can spur innovation and maximize the opportunities and free flow of this information while minimizing the risks to privacy.”
Obama is soon expected to announce more reforms on the NSA spying programs, particularly regarding phone records, and the White House said he updated the CEOs on “implementing the principles and reforms he announced on January 17, including the new Presidential Directive he issued” to govern intelligence activities. Obama previously met with tech officials at the White House last December after Silicon Valley executives complaining that their international customers were afraid their personal information would be stolen if they use products like Facebook and Dropbox in light of the NSA spying scandals.
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