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 in which he takes the White House to task over "the behavior of the U.S. government."


While he does not say so explicitly, Zuckerberg is clearly referring to the reports of widespread surveillance undertaken by the National Security Agency.

Zuckerberg, 29, who has built the world's most successful social network, writes that the Internet works because companies like Facebook strive to make it secure. He adds:


Zuckerberg has been a White House ally, supporting the president on immigration reform. Back in 2011, Zuckerberg 

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Internet companies like Facebook have tried to distance themselves from the U.S. government. Some of the early stories based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden claimed the the U.S. had 

direct access to the servers of Facebook, Google and Apple

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Facebook denied those claims.  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg published an open letter on Thursday in which he takes the White House to task over "the behavior of the U.S. government." While he does not say so explicitly, Zuckerberg is clearly referring to the reports of widespread surveillance undertaken by the National Security Agency.

Facebook boss chides White House on privacy

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