Facebook, Microsoft, and 30+ other tech firms are pledging not to build cyberweapons for governments
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- More than 30 major tech companies are pledging not to help build cyberweapons for governments.
- Microsft and Facebook are among the firms who have signed on to the agreement, which was announced on Tuesday.
- Amazon, Apple, Google parent company Alphabet, and Twitter have not signed the pledge.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft, Facebook and more than 30 other global technology companies on Tuesday announced a joint pledge not to assist any government in offensive cyber attacks.
The Cybersecurity Tech Accord, which vows to protect all customers from attacks regardless of geopolitical or criminal motive, follows a year that witnessed an unprecedented level of destructive cyber attacks, including the global WannaCry worm and the devastating NotPetya attack.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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