Obama to meet US tech firm chiefs to discuss healthcare site, surveillance issues

Advertisement
By Agence France-Presse | Updated: 17 December 2013 11:42 IST
US President Barack Obama will Tuesday meet bosses of tech giants including Apple, Facebook, Google and Twitter to discuss US spy agency surveillance and his notorious health care reform website.

A White House official said Obama would talk to the Silicon Valley chieftains about progress in repairing the glitch prone website Healthcare.gov which has hampered the rollout of his signature domestic initiative.

"The meeting will also address national security and the economic impacts of unauthorized intelligence disclosures," the official said, adding that Obama also wanted to discuss how the tech sector could help unleash new economic growth and job creation.

Advertisement

Top executives at the talks will include Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, Tim Cook of Apple, Marissa Mayer of Yahoo, Eric Schmidt of Google and Dick Costolo of Twitter.

Obama is familiar with many of the people who will be in the meeting a number are high profile and wealthy supporters of his political campaigns.

Advertisement

But the revelations of a massive US spy snooping program on the Internet, leaked by fugitive US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden, have strained ties between the White House and the US tech sector.

Eight leading US-based technology companies last week called on Washington to overhaul its surveillance laws following the revelations of online eavesdropping in an open letter to Obama.

Advertisement

(Also see: Facebook, Google, others issue open letter to Obama for surveillance reforms)

"The balance in many countries has tipped too far in favor of the state and away from the rights of the individual rights that are enshrined in our Constitution," they wrote.

Obama was last week handed a report by a panel he charged with examining the National Security Agency spy programs and aides say he will propose some restraints on snooping on Internet and telephone data in the New Year.
 

Get your daily dose of tech news, reviews, and insights, in under 80 characters on Gadgets 360 Turbo. Connect with fellow tech lovers on our Forum. Follow us on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News for instant updates. Catch all the action on our YouTube channel.

Advertisement

Related Stories

Popular Mobile Brands
  1. This Snapdragon Chipset Will Power the Upcoming OnePlus 16
  2. Xiaomi 18 Pro Series Debuts With Flagship Snapdragon Chipset at This Price
  1. Apple Pay India Launch Appears Closer as New Job Listing for Payments Role Surfaces
  2. Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 for AI-Powered Audio Wearables at Snapdragon Summit 2026
  3. Tecno EllaClaw Gets Customised Workflows for Research, Scripts and Social Media
  4. Google Messages Could Get a Redesigned Interface With Gemini and Search Changes
  5. iQOO 16, iQOO Pad Ultra Confirmed to Get Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 SoC
  6. BitMEX Halts Crypto Trading, but Keeps Withdrawals Open Following Closure
  7. OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Sol and GPT-6 Luna With Lower Prices, Improved Performance
  8. Star Wars Zero Company Is Estimated to Have Sold 1 Million Copies Since Launch
  9. Xiaomi 18 Pro Max, Xiaomi 18 Pro Launched With Up to 2nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 SoC, Privacy Display
  10. Select Asus and ROG Laptops Get 3-Month Google AI Pro, AI Plus Subscription in India
Download Our Apps
Available in Hindi
© Copyright Red Pixels Ventures Limited 2026. All rights reserved.