The President of the United States Obama plans to meet today Friday, with the CEOs of the companies technologys to discuss "privacy, technology, and intelligence issues," a White House official told the Politico.
The list of managing directors was not announced by the White House, but sources from inside said Politico to the participants will be Google, Facebook and Yahoo. CNET contacted companies to comment but there is currently no information.
It is the second such meeting held by the president of the United States, with Silicon executives Valley in recent months with an agenda on the US's controversial electronic surveillance programs. During the duration της συνάντησης που πραγματοποιήθηκε τον Δεκέμβριο από τον Πρόεδρο ήταν για να βελτιώσουν την πολιορκούμενη ιστοσελίδα Healthcare.gov. Στη συνάντηση είχαν παρευρεθεί ο CEO της Apple Tim Cook, η CEO της Yahoo Marissa Maye, και ο CEO του Twitter Dick Costolo. Οι παραπάνω προέτρεψαν τον Πρόεδρο να κινηθεί γρήγορα και να παρουσιάσει άμεσες μεταρρυθμίσεις στα προγράμματα επιτήρησης.
One of the main executives expected to attend Friday's meeting is Mr Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, who a week ago said he called the president to express his frustration with the NSA's surveillance practices. The Zuckerberg call came after the leak of documents revealed that the NSA is using an automated system called Turbine to break millions of computers.
We could say that from this meeting, we should be concerned not about what we will hear, but about the "agreements that will be made under the table."
