Can Mark Zuckerberg lecture Barack Obama on privacy?

Zuckerberg has often been accused of a lax attitude to internet privacy, but the NSA revelations may have changed that

PALO ALTO, CA - JULY 06:Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a news conference at Facebook headquarters July 6, 2011 in Palo Alto, California.Zuckerberg announced new features that are
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FACEBOOK CEO Mark Zuckerberg telephoned US President Barack Obama yesterday to express his frustration over the US government's electronic surveillance of the internet.

Zuckerberg made the announcement in a message posted on his Facebook page, in which he said he was "confused and frustrated" by the actions of the US authorities. "When our engineers work tirelessly to improve security, we imagine we're protecting you against criminals, not our own government," he told Facebook users.

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