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Wednesday 3 July 2013 - 12:24
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Internet firms to protest NSA programs

Internet firms to protest NSA programs

A number of American Internet companies are preparing to protest against U.S. surveillance programs leaked last month by a former National Security Agency contractor.

The online protest is set to be launched on the nations Independence Day.

American whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed last month that the NSA, the U.S. super spy agency, is massively collecting telephone call and Internet records of people around the world including American citizens.

U.S. companies including Reddit, Mozilla, 4chan and WordPress are now saying they will display anti-NSA spying messages on their home pages on Thursday, the Xinhua reported Wednesday.

Supporters of the protest can refer to Callforfreedom.org, to donate money to help fund TV ads against the U.S. intelligence programs and press for action from American lawmakers, according to the report.

The protest has been organized by Internet Defense League, which estimates that thousands of sites will participate.

"The NSA programs that have been exposed are blatantly unconstitutional, and have a detrimental effect on free speech and freedom of press worldwide," said Tiffiniy Cheng, a spokeswoman for the Internet Defense League.

On Tuesday, abipartisan group of 25 American senators forwarded a letter to the U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper asking him to publically supply more details about the NSA spying programs.

They asked Mr. Clapper to reveal the extent and duration of the programs.

The lawmakers said that dependence on a secret law to conduct domestic spying activities raises serious civil liberty concerns.

The leaker of the information has been stranded in a transit area of a Moscow airport for more than a week. He is now asking asylum from 21 countries after Russia and Ecuador reportedly denied his asylum request.

Snowden is facing charges of espionage and theft of government property in the United States.

By Press TV

 

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