Apple picker Selekane sa lik'hamphani tsa IT tsa U.S., ho kenyeletsoa Big Five, AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google le Microsoft, tse boletsoeng morerong oa NSA oa Prism, hammoho le lihlopha tsa litokelo tsa botho, li rometse kopo ea phatlalatso ho Mopresidente Barack Obama, Senate ea U.S. le Ntlo. ea Baemeli ba data mabapi le phihlello ho database tsa lekunutu.
AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft le Yahoo ke tse ling tsa batho ba 46 ba saenneng lengolo le batlang ho lokolloa ha "linomoro tse itseng" tsa likopo tse entsoeng ka Patriot Acts le Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Lik'hamphani tse tšeletseng tse boletsoeng ke tse ling tsa barupeluoa morerong oa Prism. Ka kakaretso, lik'hamphani tse 22 le lihlopha tse fapaneng tse 24, ho kenyeletsoa ACLU le EFF, li saenetse lengolo lena, le nkileng boemo bo matla bo matla khahlanong le NSA le pokello ea eona ea lintlha likhoeling tse peli tse fetileng. Likhamphani tsa mehala tsa US tse kang AT&T le Verizon ha lia ka tsa ikopanya le ba saenneng. Ka Phuptjane, Guardian e ile ea hatisa tokomane e hlalosang boitlamo ba Verizon ba ho fana ka tlhahisoleseling ea mohala - linomoro tsa mohala, linako le bolelele ba mehala. Sena se qalile lipuisano tse pharalletseng mabapi le lekunutu la basebelisi.
Tlhokahalo ea phatlalatso ea data e ntse e eketseha kamora ho senoloa butle-butle ha litloaelo tsa mmuso oa US le NSA mabapi le data ea motho. Ho bile le ngangisano e matla ka Laboraro lipakeng tsa Democrats le Rephabliki, ba neng ba pheha khang ea hore mmuso o tlotse matla a bona ka ho bokella lintlha. Ba bang ba bontšitse hore ba ke ke ba batla ho atolosa matla a NSA a ho bokella litaba tse tšoanang le tse boletsoeng ka holimo.
Batho ba saenneng lengolo lena ba boetse ba batla hore mmuso o phatlalatse "tlaleho ea ponaletso" ea selemo le selemo, moo e lokelang ho thathamisa palo e nepahetseng ea phihlello ea mmuso ho database tsa elektroniki. Ka nako e ts'oanang, ba kopa Senate le Congress ho kenya ts'ebetsong melao e hlokang ho eketsa pepeneneng ea 'muso oa US le monyetla oa hore lik'hamphani tsa IT li fumane boitsebiso bo bokeletsoeng le phatlalatso ea eona ea phatlalatsa.
Lengolo lena le latela litlhoko tse tšoanang tse tlisoang ke 'muso oa US ke lik'hamphani tse kang: Google, Microsoft le Yahoo. Kopo ea hajoale e tsepamisitse maikutlo haholo, leha ho le joalo, kaha ba bang ba se ba qalile ho tšoenyeha ka phello ea ho fumana hore NSA e na le phihlello ea tlhaiso-leseling e bolokiloeng ho li-server tsa Google kapa tsa leru tsa Microsoft. Ka nako e ts'oanang, Facebook, Yahoo le Apple li tšoenyehile ka ho senyeha ha tšepo ea bareki ba bona.
