U.S. President Barack Obama met bosses from Facebook, Google and other Internet giants to discuss plans to overhaul U.S. spy agency surveillance practices which have infuriated the industry.
Obama met leading industry chiefs including Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who said last week he had called the president personally to express frustration with the vast online intelligence dragnets.The president “reiterated his administration’s commitment to taking steps that can give people greater confidence that their rights are being protected while preserving important tools that keep us safe,” a White House statement said.None of the executives spoke to waiting reporters when they left the White House after about two hours inside.
