Isikhethi se-apula Umfelandawonye wezinkampani ze-IT zase-U.S., okuhlanganisa i-Big Five, i-AOL, i-Apple, i-Facebook, i-Google ne-Microsoft, eqanjwe kuphrojekthi ye-NSA's Prism, kanye nezinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo abantu, zithumele isicelo sokudalula kuMongameli u-Barack Obama, iSigele saseMelika kanye neNdlu yedatha yabameleli ekufinyeleleni kumininingwane eyimfihlo.
I-AOL, i-Apple, i-Facebook, i-Google, iMicrosoft kanye ne-Yahoo baphakathi kwabantu abangu-46 abasayine incwadi befuna kukhululwe "izinombolo ezithile" zezicelo ezenziwe nge-Patriot Acts kanye ne-Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Izinkampani eziyisithupha ezishiwo ziphakathi kwababambe iqhaza kuphrojekthi yePrism. Sezizonke, izinkampani ezingu-22 namaqembu angu-24 ahlukene, okuhlanganisa i-ACLU ne-EFF, basayine le ncwadi, esithathe isinyathelo esibucayi ngokumelene ne-NSA kanye nokuqoqwa kwayo kwedatha ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule. Izinkampani zezingcingo zase-US ezifana ne-AT&T ne-Verizon azizange zijoyine abasayinileyo. NgoJuni, i-Guardian yashicilela idokhumenti echaza ukuzibophezela kwe-Verizon ekunikezeni ulwazi lwezingcingo -- izinombolo zocingo, izikhathi nobude bezingcingo. Lokhu kuqale ingxoxo ebanzi mayelana nobumfihlo babasebenzisi.
Isidingo sokudalulwa kwedatha siyakhula kulandela ukudalulwa kancane kancane kwezinqubo zikahulumeni wase-US kanye ne-NSA mayelana nedatha yomuntu siqu. Kube nenkulumompikiswano eshubile ngoLwesithathu phakathi kwamaDemocrats namaRepublicans, athe uhulumeni weqe igunya lakhe ngokuqoqa imininingwane. Abanye baveze ukuthi ngeke bafune ukwelula igunya le-NSA lokuqoqa imininingwane efana nale eshiwo ngenhla.
Abasayine le ncwadi bafuna futhi ukuthi uhulumeni ashicilele "umbiko osobala" waminyaka yonke, lapho kufanele abhale inani eliqondile lokufinyelela kukahulumeni kuma-electronic database. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, bacela iSenethi kanye neCongress ukuthi iphoqelele imithetho edinga ukwanda obala kukahulumeni wase-US kanye nethuba lokuthi izinkampani ze-IT zithole ulwazi oluqoqiwe kanye nokushicilelwa kwalo esidlangalaleni.
Le ncwadi ilandela izimfuno ezifanayo ezilethwe phambi kukahulumeni wase-US yizinkampani ezifana ne-Google, iMicrosoft ne-Yahoo. Isicelo samanje sigxile kakhulu, nokho, njengoba abanye sebeqale ukukhathazeka ngomthelela wokuthola ukuthi i-NSA inokufinyelela olwazini olugcinwe ku-Google noma kumaseva amafu e-Microsoft. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Facebook, Yahoo kanye ne-Apple bakhathazekile ngokuwohloka kokuthenjwa kwamakhasimende abo.
