ʻOhi Apple ʻO kahi hui o nā hui IT ʻAmelika, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Big Five, AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google a me Microsoft, i kapa ʻia ma ka NSA's Prism project, me nā hui pono kanaka, ua hoʻouna i kahi noi hōʻike iā Pelekikena Barack Obama, ka US Senate a me ka Hale. ʻikepili o nā Lunamakaʻāinana e pili ana i ke komo ʻana i nā waihona huna.
ʻO AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft a me Yahoo kekahi o nā mea hōʻailona 46 i ka leka e koi ana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i "kekahi mau helu" o nā noi i hana ʻia ma o ka Patriot Acts a me ka Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. ʻO nā hui ʻeono i ʻōlelo ʻia ma waena o nā mea komo i ka papahana Prism. ʻO nā hui 22 a me 24 mau hui like ʻole, me ka ACLU a me ka EFF, ua kau inoa i ka leka, kahi i hana koʻikoʻi kūʻē i ka NSA a me kāna hōʻiliʻili ʻikepili i nā mahina ʻelua i hala. ʻAʻole i hui pū nā hui kelepona US e like me AT&T a me Verizon i nā mea hōʻailona. I Iune, ua paʻi ka Guardian i kahi palapala e hōʻike ana i ka manaʻo o Verizon i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻike kelepona kelepona -- nā helu kelepona, nā manawa a me nā lōʻihi o nā kelepona. Ua hoʻomaka kēia i kahi kūkākūkā ākea e pili ana i ka pilikino mea hoʻohana.
Ke ulu nei ka noi no ka hōʻike ʻana i ka ʻikepili ma hope o ka hoʻolaha lohi ʻana o nā hana a ke aupuni US a me ka NSA e pili ana i ka ʻikepili pilikino. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa nui ʻia ma ka Pōʻakolu ma waena o nā Democrats a me Republicans, ka mea i hoʻopaʻapaʻa ua ʻoi aku ke aupuni i kona mana ma o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i ka ʻikepili. Ua hōʻike kekahi ʻaʻole lākou e ʻimi e hoʻonui i ka mana o ka NSA e hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna.
Ke koi pū nei ka poʻe pūlima o ka leka i ke aupuni e hoʻopuka i kāna "hōʻike ʻike maopopo" makahiki, kahi e helu ai i ka helu pololei o ke aupuni i komo i nā ʻikepili uila. Ma ka manawa like, ke noi nei lākou i ka Senate a me Congress e hoʻokō i nā kānāwai e koi ana i ka hoʻonui ʻia o ke aupuni US a me ka hiki i nā hui IT ke komo i ka ʻike i hōʻiliʻili ʻia a me kāna hoʻolaha lehulehu.
Hoʻopili ka leka i nā koi like i lawe ʻia i mua o ke aupuni US e nā hui e like me: Google, Microsoft a me Yahoo. ʻOi aku ka manaʻo o ka noi o kēia manawa, akā naʻe, ua hoʻomaka kekahi e hopohopo e pili ana i ka hopena o ka ʻike ʻana ua loaʻa i ka NSA ka ʻike i mālama ʻia ma Google a i ʻole nā kikowaena kapua o Microsoft. Ma ka manawa like, hopohopo ʻo Facebook, Yahoo a me Apple i ka pau ʻana o ka hilinaʻi o kā lākou mea kūʻai.
