Eight of the worlds leading technology companies have come together to call for a change in the way the US government conducts surveillance. The Reform Government Surveillance group has written to President Obama and Congress, arguing that current surveillance practices undermine individual freedoms, as protected by the US Constitution. The tech coalition also requested changes be made to future surveillance, saying that: We urge the US to take the lead and make reforms that ensure that government surveillance efforts are clearly restricted by law, proportionate to the risks, transparent and subject to independent oversight”]