Tech Firms Promise To Fight Back Against Government Spying

In an announcement ostensibly meant to put Russian and Chinese hackers on notice - but we imagine is truly intended to reassure wary foreign customers that American cloud computing firms wont' turn their data over to the NSA - 31 tech titans from around the world (but mostly the US) have signed on to a set of principles stipulating that they will not help any government - including the US deep state - mount cyberattacks or cyberespionage against "innocent civilians and enterprises from anywhere," the New York Timesreported.