The American Civil Liberties Union today announced its support for an effort by AT&T shareholders to force the company to disclose more about its role in the recent National Security Agency (NSA) illegal spying scandal and to tighten its policies to better protect customer privacy.
"In an era when one of the nation's oldest corporate names has begun to collude with the government in an illegal domestic spying program, patriots must seek out every possible avenue for defending the Constitution and our privacy," said Barry Steinhardt, Director of the ACLU's Technology and Liberty Project. "We are backing this campaign because it promises to increase AT&T's accountability and shed light on just what kind of spying has been taking place."
The shareholder effort consists of a proposed resolution to be considered at AT&T's April stockholder meeting, which would require management to take the relatively modest step of issuing a report on the issues surrounding cooperation with the NSA, what steps the company could take to "further ensure" customer privacy, and the company's expenditures related to the program. It is being spearheaded by the As You Sow Foundation, an investor activist group.
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