The global surveillance disclosure released to media by Edward Snowden has caused tension in the bilateral relations of the United States with several of its allies and economic partners as well as in
"Stop Watching US" rally in Washington DC, October 26, 2013
The banner of The Day We Fight Back, February 11, 2014
A view from the rooftop terrace of the Reichstag building in Berlin, the seat of the German parliament. In the background, behind the Brandenburg Gate, the United States Embassy can be seen. The grey structure on the embassy's roof (top right corner of the photograph) is thought to contain surveillance equipment, possibly used to tap into mobile phones.
Demonstration of the Pirate Party of Germany against PRISM in Berlin, Germany, 2013
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During the 2010s, international media reports revealed new operational details about the Anglophone cryptographic agencies' global surveillance of both foreign and domestic nationals. The reports most
The Mira hotel in Hong Kong, where Edward Snowden hosted his first meeting with Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, and journalist Ewen MacAskill of The Guardian
PRISM: a clandestine surveillance program under which the NSA collects user data from companies such as Facebook and Microsoft.
An NSA presentation called "Your target is using a BlackBerry? Now what?" shows an intercepted Mexican government e-mail.
On November 23, 2013, the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad released a top secret NSA presentation leaked by Snowden, showing five "Classes of Accesses" that the NSA uses in its worldwide signals intelligence operations. These five "Classes of Accesses" are: 3rd PARTY/LIAISON—refers to data provided by the international partners of the NSA. Within the framework of the UKUSA Agreement, these international partners are known as "third parties. REGIONAL—refers to over 80 regional