US tech giants object to UK spying plans

Major global technology and telecommunications companies, from Microsoft to Google to Vodafone, have outlined their objections to a proposed UK law that they say would let British intelligence agencies engage in mass surveillance and force them to give the government access to encrypted communication.

The objections were contained in written evidence submitted by the companies to a UK Parliamentary committee considering the draft legislation. The newly released comments echoed written evidence already published by some individual companies, including Apple Inc. Click Here