#publisher Metro » Google, Facebook and Yahoo deny co-operating with surveillance programme Comments Feed alternate alternate Metro WordPress.com [tr?id=1522229268091476&ev=PageView&noscript=1] IFRAME: //www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-NX8Q6N This site uses cookies. By continuing, your consent is assumed. Learn more News... but not as you know it 68.3m shares Trending Nutshell * Home * News + UK + World + Weird + Tech * Sport + Football + Oddballs + Club Metro + Transfer news + Viral videos * Entertainment + Showbiz + TV + Film + Music + Gaming + Celebrity Big Brother + Soaps * Lifestyle + Sex + Fashion + Food + Travel * More + Lifestyle + Blogs + Competitions + Jobs + Property * Search Metro * Follow us Google, Facebook and Yahoo deny co-operating with surveillance programme [jimmy-nsubuga.jpg?quality=80&strip=all&w=40&h=40&c rop=1] Jimmy Nsubuga for Metro.co.ukSunday 9 Jun 2013 11:22 am Internet giants hit back at snooping claims Google has denied it knowingly cooperated on a surveillance programme on its users (Picture: EPA) Internet giants Google, Facebook and Yahoo have hit back at claims they knowingly co-operated with US authorities over a secret surveillance programme on citizens. Nine internet service providers were identified in a leaked document published by the Guardian and The Washington Post as working with America’s National Security Agency (NSA) on Prism. The programme reportedly followed information from ISP servers in order to help identify any cases of terrorism. But foreign secretary William Hague dismissed as ‘fanciful’ and ‘nonsense’ allegations UK intelligence agency GCHQ colluded on Prism in order to spy on UK citizens. He said: ‘If you are a law-abiding citizen of this country going about your business and personal life you have nothing to fear about the British state or intelligence agencies listening to the content of your phone calls or anything like that.’ America's National Security Agency (NSA) Prism was reported as being carried out by America’s National Security Agency (NSA) (Picture: EPA) Google chief Larry Page denied the reports and insisted his company only complied with the current rules and nothing else. ‘We provide user data to governments only in accordance with the law,’ he wrote in a blog. Foreign Secretary William Hague Foreign Secretary William Hague insisted there was ‘nothing to fear’ from UK intelligence (Picture: Reuters) Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg added on a post on his website: ‘Facebook is not and has never been part of any programme to give the US or any other government direct access to our servers.’ Yahoo also dismissed the claims, with its general counsel Ron Bell saying the idea the company would be involved with Prism was ‘categorically false’. Prism came to light following a story in the Guardian that revealed a similar programme that looked at the phone records of Americans. Hague is due to give a statement to the Commons tomorrow about the allegations. 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