2013 global surveillance disclosures

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The 2013 global surveillance disclosures were a series of revelations exposing extensive worldwide monitoring and data collection programs run primarily by the U.S. National Security Agency and its allies, based on classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden.

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Generate an image of the 2013 global surveillance disclosures (The 2013 global surveillance disclosures were a series of revelations exposing extensive worldwide monitoring and data collection programs run primarily by the U.S. National Security Agency and its allies, based on classified documents leaked by Edward Snowden.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intelligence leak ⓘ
mass surveillance revelation ⓘ
political scandal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs NSA surveillance revelations ⓘ
Snowden leaks ⓘ
countryOfPrimaryAgency United States ⓘ
criticizedBy United States government officials ⓘ
dataTypeExposed classified NSA documents ⓘ
disclosedBy Edward Snowden ⓘ
impact increased public awareness of digital surveillance ⓘ
strengthening of encryption adoption by technology companies ⓘ
involvedAgency Australian Signals Directorate ⓘ
Communications Security Establishment ⓘ
Government Communications Headquarters ⓘ
Government Communications Security Bureau ⓘ
involvedAlliance Five Eyes ⓘ
linked to: Five Eyes alliance
locationOfInitialMeetings Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China
mainWhistleblower Edward Snowden ⓘ
mediaPartner Der Spiegel ⓘ
Glenn Greenwald ⓘ
Laura Poitras ⓘ
Le Monde ⓘ
O Globo ⓘ
The Guardian ⓘ
The New York Times ⓘ
The Washington Post ⓘ
linked to: Washington Post
primaryAgencyInvolved National Security Agency ⓘ
relatedLegislation USA FREEDOM Act ⓘ
revealedPractice bulk internet communications surveillance ⓘ
collection of data from major technology companies ⓘ
global monitoring of email and web traffic ⓘ
mass collection of telephone metadata ⓘ
surveillance of foreign heads of state ⓘ
tapping of undersea fiber-optic cables ⓘ
revealedProgram Boundless Informant ⓘ
MUSCULAR ⓘ
PRISM ⓘ
Tempora ⓘ
linked to: TEMPORA

Upstream collection ⓘ
XKeyscore ⓘ
startDate 2013-06 ⓘ
subjectOf Citizenfour ⓘ
numerous parliamentary and congressional inquiries ⓘ
supportedBy civil liberties organizations ⓘ
timePeriod 2013–2014 ⓘ
triggeredEvent global debate on privacy and surveillance ⓘ
legal challenges to NSA programs ⓘ
reforms to U.S. surveillance laws ⓘ
volumeOfDocuments thousands of classified files ⓘ

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Edward Snowden → notableEvent → 2013 global surveillance disclosures ⓘ
United States v. Edward Snowden → relatedCaseTopic → United States mass surveillance disclosures (2013) ⓘ
linked to: 2013 global surveillance disclosures
2013 global surveillance disclosures → alsoKnownAs → NSA surveillance revelations ⓘ
linked to: 2013 global surveillance disclosures
Snowden (2016 film) → portrays → NSA surveillance programs ⓘ
linked to: 2013 global surveillance disclosures