A computer tablet with a security lock symbol with Facebook logos in the background is seen in this photo illustration on October 20, 2017. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
EU commissioner Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding gives a press conference as the Commission proposed a comprehensive reform of EU data protection rules on January 25, 2012 at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. The European Commission launches a controversial bid to compel online giants such as Google and Facebook to give users more control over their personal data or face fines. AFP PHOTO GEORGES GOBET (Photo credit should read GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images)
Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google Inc., speaks during the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. The conference brings together 1,000 senior executives from the worlds of technology, media, finance, telecommunications, entertainment, and the Internet. Photographer: Tony Avelar/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Ukrainian Internet Party activists hold a "tap the phone and internet lines" protest on June 27, 2013 outside the US Embassy in Kiev to attract public attention to the violation of rights following the United States Internet surveillance program exposed by former spy Edward Snowden. Under the so-called PRISM programme, the US National Security Agency can issue directives to Internet firms like Google or Facebook to gain access to emails, online chats, pictures, files and videos that have been uploaded by foreign users. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
Ukrainian Internet Party activists hold a "tap the phone and internet lines" protest on June 27, 2013 outside the US Embassy in Kiev to attract public attention to the violation of rights following the United States Internet surveillance program exposed by former spy Edward Snowden (on photos). Under the so-called PRISM programme, the US National Security Agency can issue directives to Internet firms like Google or Facebook to gain access to emails, online chats, pictures, files and videos that have been uploaded by foreign users. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
