According to The Guardian, representatives of five major techno-giants including Google and Facebook sent a letter to Home Secretary Theresa May stating that they are not willing to cooperate with UK government and spy on British users.
Letter, which was also signed by reps of Twitter, Yahoo! and Microsoft, says that May’s plan to track users’ email, internet and social media use is highly “expensive to implement and highly contentious”.
Techno-giants claim that her proposal can lead to huge negative consequences. Companies are sure that plan costing £1.8 billion will put at risk country’s position as a leading digital nation and jeopardize its leading role in promoting freedom of expression on the internet around the world.
The letter was dated 18 April – when the question of whether the legislation should be in this year’s Queen’s speech was discussed. Nick Clegg blocked the bill but May and the defense secretary, Philip Hammond, demanded that it be revived in the wake of the Woolwich terrorist murder.
