Apple Chief Tim Cook, Google and other tech executives, along with privacy advocates met with President Barack Obama to discuss government surveillance Thursday, according to a report.
Cook, and others such as AT&T chief executive Randall Stephenson, Google's Vint Cerf and privacy advocates met in a closed-door meeting with the president, POLITICO reported. The session is likely an offshoot of earlier discussions this week about the NSA controversy and online consumer tracking. Neither the White House or those at the Thursday session commented on the meeting.
The administration began reaching out on Tuesday to tech executives and meeting with the Information Technology Council, TechNet and TechAmerica, along with defense contractors, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
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