Yahoo !, Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Twitter refused to voluntarily track their users.

Yesterday on Habré news was published that in the US, Google will have to provide user data at the request of the FBI (without a court decision). In the UK, the situation is different now, although the authorities of this country have been discussing the possibility of introducing a full-scale user monitoring system for several years (including control of correspondence, visits to various kinds of resources, etc.). Recently, the five largest Internet companies in the world sent a letter to the British Prime Minister, where they expressed their disagreement with the option of voluntary participation in the user monitoring system.

The UK authorities believe that tracking users will in the future, if not eliminate the attacks, then significantly reduce the number of such incidents. In general, the familiar wording (it was worth raising the question of child pornography again). Well, the above-mentioned Internet companies believe that the installation of monitoring systems for users, firstly, will put at risk the very idea of ​​an open Web, and, secondly, the creation of such a system will be too expensive. Thirdly, there is the threat of the UK losing its place among the leaders in the development of telecommunications.
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The letter was sent to the Prime Minister on April 18, when there was a discussion about whether the Queen should mention the need to adopt a law to install a monitoring system for users, or not. The letter was closed, but, nevertheless, it became known about him now, after a month and a half. The UK authorities believed that these five companies (all of them are American) would voluntarily help by tracking the actions of their users.

As we see, so far there is no “expanded control system”, but not the fact that it will not appear in the future. Many governments require access to user data, and some are getting what they want. Will government pressure on Internet companies increase in the future? Probably yes.

Via guardian