近日,苹果、谷歌、Facebook、微软等美国知名公司与民权组织组成联盟,提交联名信,呼吁美国政府大幅加大监视项目的透明度。该联盟的成员包括63家公司、投资者、非盈利组织和贸易组织。其于7月19日公布的信件显示,它将呼吁美国总统奥巴马和国会领导人允许互联网、电话和Web服务的提供商更加具体地对外公布与国家安全相关的信息索取情况。具体来说,它们要求被允许定期公布的内容包括:政府索取用户信息地次数;信息索取涉及的个人、账户或者设备的数量;通讯内容、用户基本信息及其它信息的索取次数。上述联盟还要求政府也开始公布透明度报告,提 Recently, well-known U.S. companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft formed alliances with civil rights organizations to submit joint letters calling on the U.S. government to substantially increase the transparency of its surveillance programs. The coalition includes 63 companies, investors, non-profit organizations and trade organizations. Its July 19th letter shows that it will call on both U.S. President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders to allow Internet, telephone and Web service providers to publish more specifically their national security-related information requests. Specifically, what they require to be published on a regular basis includes: the number of times the government requests user information; the number of individuals, accounts or devices involved in obtaining information; and the number of requests for communications, user profiles, and other information. The alliance also demanded that the government begin to publish transparency reports as well