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Zuckerberg plea to Obama over online surveillance

March 14, 2014 12:02
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shared his thoughts on government surveillance with the US president

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Sandy Rashty,

Sandy Rashty

1 min read

Barack Obama received a call this week from disgruntled Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

The Jewish-American tycoon, 29, phoned the US president to complain about excessive governmental surveillance on the social media site, which has 1.2 billion users across the globe.

“I’ve called President Obama to express my frustration over the damage the government is creating for all our future,” Mr Zuckerberg wrote on his own Facebook page on Thursday.

“Unfortunately, it seems like it will take a very long time for full reform.

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