Facebook Joins Industry in Petitioning Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

By Colin Stretch, Facebook General Counsel

Over the last several months, in the midst of press reports speculating about the nature and scope of government programs aimed at keeping people safe, we’ve repeatedly called for governments around the world to provide more details about the programs they operate. We’ve also urged them to allow companies to divulge information about the government orders and requests they receive, in a manner and to a degree that does not compromise legitimate safety concerns.

Facebook Focusing on Efficiency

In August 2013, Facebook and a coalition of other leading technology companies announced the launch of Internet.org, a global effort to make affordable Internet access available to the next 5 billion people.

Zuckerberg’s Manifest Destiny: Connecting The 5 Billion People Without Internet

Facebook didn’t stop when it hit 1 billion users. And it won’t stop even if it connects everyone with web access. ”To make the world more open and connected” really means the world — every human regardless of location or income. That’s why CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’s “retooling the company to take on a lot of harder problems” — specifically spreading the Internet itself.