Facebook has over 1.2 billion users. One could create quite a movement if they were to rally the masses on Facebook. That is just what founder Mark Zuckerberg intended to do yesterday…. In a public post to his some 26 million followers, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted a message to the President of the United States Barack Obama in an attempt to unite his followers and build “the internet we want” after expressing his anger over government surveillance…….
“The US government should be the champion for the internet, not a threat,” Zuckerburg wrote. “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.”
This isn’t the first time Zuckerburg expressed his displeasure with security infringements by the United States government. Earlier this year, Facebook joined eight other tech companies to draft a letter against Obama calling for “a real need for greater disclosure and new limits on how governments collect information”.
If anyone can break the inertia of starting a movement it would be Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg. He’s been persistent in his efforts on this matter and it’s only a matter of time before we start to see some results from his fight.
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