NewsBeat SocialTopic: Government Spying
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Report: U.S. Collects Phone Data Using 'Fake Cell Towers'
11/17/14 2:20 PM PST
Small, powerful devices called "dirt boxes" can grab cell phone data from a passing plane
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Facebook Government Data Requests Jump 24%
11/11/14 2:57 PM PST
Between January and June 2014, the number of government data requests to Facebook increased to nearly 35,000
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India Leads The Pack in Facebook Content Restriction Requests
11/07/14 4:57 PM PST
Data requests made by governments around the world to Facebook have gone up by 24% since the last half of 2013 and content restriction requests climbed by 19%
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Edward Snowden Statue Makes Surprise Appearance in NYC
10/15/14 9:55 AM PST
A statue of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden pops up in Manhattan, but after two hours, like the real Snowden, it was on the run
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Yahoo: U.S. Threatened Hefty Fines Over User Data
09/13/14 2:35 PM PST
Yahoo revealed that the U.S. government once threatened the company with a $250,000-per-day fine if it did not hand over user data
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Snowden Reveals NSA Program 'MonsterMind'
08/18/14 3:01 PM PST
Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden describes an automated NSA program called 'MonsterMind'
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Russia Extends Edward Snowden's Stay for 3 Years
08/07/14 1:53 PM PST
The NSA contractor-turned-whistleblower will be able to stay in Russia for an additional three years
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Senate Considers USA Freedom Act to Reform NSA
08/01/14 9:31 AM PST
The legislation would bring about the biggest U.S. intelligence reforms in 13 years, forcing the NSA to become more transparent and ending its meta-data bulk collection
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Snowden: NSA Analysts Consider Sext Intercepts 'Fringe Benefit'
07/20/14 5:42 PM PST
In an interview with "The Guardian", Edward Snowden says it's a common practice for young intelligence analysts to share intercepted photos of naked people caught up in the web of spy activity
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Snowden: 90% of NSA Intercepts from Individuals Not Targeted
07/09/14 6:00 PM PST
Documents secured by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden reveal 90% of the correspondences intercepted by the NSA came from individuals the spy agency was not targeting
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NSA Storing Photos in Facial Recognition Database
06/02/14 10:43 AM PST
According to top-secret documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency collects millions of photos every day to develop a facial recognition database to match visual appearance to intelligence data
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NSA Releases Snowden Email
05/30/14 3:47 PM PST
Edward Snowden claims he tried to notify supervisors and go through proper channels to report what he believed was a misinterpretation of the NSA's legal authority in spying on American citizens