Facebook founder ‘frustrated’ by US' digital surveillance spying

Facebook founder, 29-year-old Mark Zuckerberg, said in his blog that the US government should be a champion rather than a threat on the Internet.

BBC reported that Mark’s comments came in after the report that the NSA imitated a Facebook server infecting the surveillance targets’ computers. "When our engineers work tirelessly to improve security, we imagine we're protecting you against criminals, not our own government," Mark said in his blog post. He also added, "They need to be much more transparent about what they're doing, or otherwise, people will believe the worst."

A former contractor leaked the NSA activities last year, which pointed that NSA was collecting phone records, tapping fibre-optic cables, which carry global communications and hacking networks. According to the reports, NSA had backdoor access to Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, Google, Skype, and YouTube. However, these companies denied being involved. NSA claimed these as inaccurate.

NSA also said in a statement that "The NSA uses its technical capabilities only to support lawful and appropriate foreign intelligence operations, all of which must be carried out in strict accordance with its authorities."

BBC also reported that the White House spokeswoman, Caitlin Hayden, confirmed that the president spoke with Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday evening regarding "recent reports in the press about alleged activities by the US intelligence community.'' No further comments were given.