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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jan 27, 2014 15:29:03 GMT -6
The British government, under a covert spying program code-named Squeaky Dolphin, monitored and collected user information from YouTube and Facebook users without those companies’ knowledge or consent, NBC News has reported.
The NBC News report was based on National Security Agency documents, obtained through former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The information in the docs were provided by Glenn Greenwald, the former columnist for U.K. newspaper The Guardian who was first contacted by Snowden in late 2012 and later provided him with thousands of classified documents.
According to NBC News, Facebook and Google reps said the companies were unaware the British government was collecting such data and that they had not given permission to do so.
The section in question, called “Psychology A New Kind of SIGDEV” (Signals Development), allegedly spells out “Broad real-time monitoring of online activity” of YouTube videos, URLs “liked” on Facebook, and Blogspot/Blogger visits.
One source close to Google told NBC News they were “shocked” to learn the U.K. government was monitoring its YouTube data.
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