Obama: Silicon Valley rather than Putin
... “European” issue –standing up for the interests of US Internet giants (the GAFA – Google-Apple-Facebook-Amazon), he accused Europe of protectionism in the IT sphere. These words are not just innocent chatter. After the revelation of the American PRISM surveillance program, tensions between the White House and Europe increased, as well as leading to a stiffening of relationship between Washington and the Silicon Valley. Snowden’s leaks showed for the first time to what level the National Security Agency (NSA) had violated the keystone of the Internet – the trust of its users. These revelations continue to penalize the big players in the IT sphere, with countries ...