WASHINGTON: Facebook, Amazon and more than two dozen other US technology companies pressed Congress to make changes to a broad Internet surveillance law, saying they were necessary to improve privacy protections and increase government transparency.
The request marks the first significant public effort by Silicon Valley to wade into what is expected to be a contentious debate later the year over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, parts of which will expire on Dec 31 unless Congress reauthorises them.
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