Snowden leaks: GCHQ 'spied on Facebook and YouTube'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25927844

by f_salmon • 12 years ago

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f_salmon• 12 years ago

An earlier GCHQ operation [...] to identify users and target them with propaganda

I like how the UK gov thinks of "democracy".

However, the prime minister has previously said that: "I'm satisfied that the work these agencies do is not only vital but is properly overseen."

Ok, we can go back to sleep then. Thanks a lot, Mr. Cameron.

DanBC• 12 years ago

Of course they spied on YouTube and Facebook.

What's more important is whether they obeyed the law; and whether we know what the law actually means; and if the peoe doing the oversighting know what the law says.

One example is the debate about granting access to metadata. GCHQ was involved in that debate and lots of reporters wrote articles. But no one noticed that the existing laws exempt GCHQ and that they had been slurping this data all along.

All the data collected by squeaky dolphin appears to be publicly posted information, and used in bulk, so it's less troubling than privately posted information or individual's identified data.

I'm not sure if the "identify and target for propaganda" programme was ever created or was just a proposal.

The Interceptions of Communications Commissioner has reports about mistakes in information interception, and GCHQ does report mistakes to that office. But oversight still needs to be improved.

Snowden leaks: GCHQ 'spied on Facebook and YouTube'

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