Facebook's arrogance and Snowden's hypocrisy put us all at risk: From an ex-Home Secretary, a devastating attack on …

By Jack Straw For The Daily Mail

Published: 20:03 EST, 27 November 2014 | Updated: 06:44 EST, 28 November 2014

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Facebook and Google have a 'cultural arrogance' in their dealings with governments, claims former Home Secretary Jack Straw (pictured)

Greek mythology has it that Nemesis was the God who exacted divine retribution against those guilty of hubris, the sins of overconfident pride and arrogance.

Despite its antiquity, that parable from the classics still has resonance today, reminding us that those who over-reach themselves tend to get their come-uppance.

And if ever there were major corporations who deserve a fall because of their puffed up vanity and self-serving ambition, it is internet giants like Facebook and their ilk.

This week, Parliaments Intelligence and Security Committee blasted an internet service provider for its failure to inform our Security Service, MI5, that Michael Adebowale, one of the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby, had posted messages on the internet that should have rung major alarm bells.

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