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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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