In their most concerted response yet to disclosures by the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Twitter and AOL have published an open letter to Barack Obama and Congress on Monday, throwing their weight behind radical reforms already proposed…[T]he companies claim the revelations have shaken public faith in the internet and blamed spy agencies for the resulting threat to their business interests…Silicon Valley and these key reformers in Congress now agree the NSA should no longer be allowed to indiscriminately gather vast quantities of data from individuals it does not have cause to suspect of terrorism…And they argue foreign governments need to come together to agree new international standards regulating surveillance…The eight internet companies behind the new letter also acknowledge that business also has a responsibility to protect privacy…