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==Media disclosure of PRISM==
{{Further|Global surveillance disclosure}}
[[Edward Snowden]] publicly revealed the existence of PRISM through a series of classified documents leaked to journalists of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and ''[[The Guardian]]'' while Snowden,
The documents identified several technology companies as participants in the PRISM program, including [[Microsoft]] in 2007, [[Yahoo!]] in 2008, [[Google]] in 2009, [[Facebook]] in 2009, [[Paltalk]] in 2009, [[YouTube]] in 2010, [[AOL]] in 2011, [[Skype]] in 2011 and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] in 2012.<ref name="usa1">{{cite news |author1=Johnson, Kevin |author2=Martin, Scott |author3=O'Donnell, Jayne |author4=Winter, Michael |title=NSA taps data from 9 major Net firms |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/06/06/nsa-surveillance-internet-companies/2398345/ |access-date=June 6, 2013 |work=USA Today |date=June 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607113440/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/06/06/nsa-surveillance-internet-companies/2398345/ |archive-date=June 7, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The speaker's notes in the briefing document reviewed by ''The Washington Post'' indicated that "98 percent of PRISM production is based on Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft".<ref name="WaPo1" />
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The most detailed description of the PRISM program can be found in a report about NSA's collection efforts under Section 702 FAA, that was released by the [[Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board]] (PCLOB) on July 2, 2014.<ref name="pclob">Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, {{cite web|url=http://www.pclob.gov/library/702-Report.pdf|title=Report on the Surveillance Program Operated Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act|date=July 2, 2014|website=pclob.gov|access-date=February 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218223115/http://www.pclob.gov/library/702-Report.pdf|archive-date=February 18, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
According to this report, PRISM is only used to collect internet communications, not telephone conversations. These internet communications are not collected in bulk, but in a targeted way: only communications that are to or from specific selectors, like e-mail addresses, can be gathered. Under PRISM, there
The actual collection process is done by the [[Data Intercept Technology Unit]] (DITU) of the FBI, which on behalf of the NSA sends the selectors to the U.S. internet service providers, which were previously served with a Section 702 Directive. Under this directive, the provider is legally obliged to hand over (to DITU) all communications to or from the selectors provided by the government.<ref name="pclob" /> DITU then sends these communications to NSA, where they are stored in various databases, depending on their type.
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=====China=====
[[File:Is Snowden a Hero? SnowdenHK 香港聲援斯諾登遊行 Hong Kong Rally to Support Snowden SML.20130615.7D.42298.jpg|thumb|[[Hong Kong]] rally to support Snowden, June 15, 2013]]
Reactions of internet users in China were mixed between viewing a loss of freedom worldwide and seeing state surveillance coming out of secrecy. The story broke just before U.S. President [[Barack Obama]] and Chinese President [[Xi Jinping]] met in California.<ref>{{cite web | author = FlorCruz, Michelle | url = http://www.ibtimes.com/chinese-netizens-respond-nsa-prism-data-mining-scandal-1296761 | title = Chinese Netizens Respond to NSA PRISM Data Mining Scandal | work = [[International Business Times]] | date = June 7, 2013 | access-date = June 13, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131209112633/http://www.ibtimes.com/chinese-netizens-respond-nsa-prism-data-mining-scandal-1296761 | archive-date = December 9, 2013 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Staff |url=
=====Europe=====
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[[CNIL]] (French data protection watchdog) ordered Google to change its privacy policies within three months or risk fines up to 150,000 euros. [[Spanish Agency of data protection]] (AEPD) planned to fine Google between 40,000 and 300,000 euros if it failed to clear stored data on the Spanish users.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Facebook, WhatsApp Fined by Spain for Failure to Obtain Consent|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/facebook-whatsapp-fined-by-spain-for-failure-to-obtain-consent|access-date=2020-12-12|website=news.bloomberglaw.com|language=en}}</ref>
[[William Hague]], the [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|foreign secretary]] of the United Kingdom, dismissed accusations that British security agencies had been circumventing British law by using information gathered on British citizens by PRISM<ref name="ReutersUK">{{cite news |author1=Osborn, Andrew |author2=Young, Sarah |title=UK Government Rejects Accusations Its Use of U.S. Spy System Was Illegal |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-security-britain-idUKBRE9590DQ20130610 |work=[[Reuters UK]] |date=June 10, 2013 |access-date=June 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613121823/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/10/uk-usa-security-britain-idUKBRE9590DQ20130610 |archive-date=June 13, 2013 |url-status=
[[Tim Berners-Lee]], the inventor of the [[World Wide Web]], accused western governments of practicing hypocrisy, as they conducted spying on the internet while they criticized other countries for spying on the internet. He stated that internet spying can make people feel reluctant to access intimate and private information that is important to them.<ref>{{Cite web|last=wcoats|date=2013-06-11|title=Government Surveillance and the Right to Privacy|url=https://wcoats.blog/2013/06/11/government-surveillance-and-the-right-to-privacy/|access-date=2020-12-12|website=Warren's space|language=en}}</ref> In a statement given to [[Financial Times]] following the Snowden revelations, Berners-Lee stated "Unwarranted government surveillance is an intrusion on basic human rights that threatens the very foundations of a democratic society."<ref>{{Cite news|date=2013|title=Tim Berners-Lee is "deeply concerned" about PRISM|url=https://www.ft.com/content/93c6a63b-8e29-31a0-b689-24db23d73ec0|access-date=2020-06-15|newspaper=Financial Times|last1=Bradshaw|first1=Tim}}</ref>
=====India=====
[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]] [[Salman Khurshid]] defended the PRISM program saying, "This is not scrutiny and access to actual messages. It is only computer analysis of patterns of calls and emails that are being sent. It is not actually snooping specifically on content of anybody's message or conversation. Some of the information they got out of their scrutiny, they were able to use it to prevent serious terrorist attacks in several countries."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/salman-khurshid-defends-us-surveillance-programme-says-it-is-not-snooping/403544-37-64.html |title=Salman Khurshid defends US surveillance programme, says 'it is not snooping' |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=2013-07-02 |access-date=July 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027092115/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/salman-khurshid-defends-us-surveillance-programme-says-it-is-not-snooping/403544-37-64.html |archive-date=October 27, 2013 }}</ref> His comments contradicted his [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Foreign Ministry's]] characterization of violations of privacy as "unacceptable."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/India-sees-no-reason-to-say-yes-to-asylum-for-Snowden/Article1-1085761.aspx |title=India sees 'no reason to say yes' to asylum for Snowden |newspaper=Hindustan Times |date=2013-07-02 |access-date=July 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723215337/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/India-sees-no-reason-to-say-yes-to-asylum-for-Snowden/Article1-1085761.aspx |archive-date=July 23, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |agency=PTI |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/it-is-not-actually-snooping-khurshid-on-us-surveillance/article4873351.ece |title=It is not actually snooping: Khurshid on US surveillance |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2013-07-02 |access-date=July 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706001702/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/it-is-not-actually-snooping-khurshid-on-us-surveillance/article4873351.ece |archive-date=July 6, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> When the then [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Minister of Communications and Information Technology]] [[Kapil Sibal]] was asked about Khurshid's comments, he refused to comment on them directly, but said, "We do not know the nature of data or information sought [as part of PRISM]. Even the [[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|external ministry]] does not have any idea."<ref>{{cite news|url=
Khurshid's comments were criticized by the Indian media,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/column/why-india-needs-to-speak-up/20130705.htm |title=Why India needs to speak up! |work=Rediff.com |date=2013-07-05 |access-date=July 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710023423/http://www.rediff.com/news/column/why-india-needs-to-speak-up/20130705.htm |archive-date=July 10, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Shiv Visvanathan |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/the-cowardice-of-salman-khurshid-betraying-snowden-nehru-and-india-928525.html |title=Why India needs to speak up! |work=Firstpost |date=2013-07-04 |access-date=July 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706011641/http://www.firstpost.com/politics/the-cowardice-of-salman-khurshid-betraying-snowden-nehru-and-india-928525.html |archive-date=July 6, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as opposition party [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] who stated, "The [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] government should have strongly protested against such surveillance and bugging. Instead, it is shocking that Khurshid has sought to justify it. This shameful remark has come at a time when even the close allies of the US like Germany and France have protested against the snooping on their countries."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/india-rejects-snowden-s-request-for-asylum-khurshid-backs-surveillance/1136890/ |title=India rejects Snowden's request for asylum, Khurshid backs surveillance |newspaper=Indian Express |date=2013-07-03 |access-date=July 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719055227/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/india-rejects-snowden-s-request-for-asylum-khurshid-backs-surveillance/1136890/ |archive-date=July 19, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[Rajya Sabha]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] P. Rajeev told ''[[The Times of India]]'' that "The act of the USA is a clear violation of [[Vienna convention on diplomatic relations]]. But Khurshid is trying to justify it. And the speed of the [[government of India]] to reject the asylum application of Edward Snowden is shameful."<ref>{{cite news|url=
==Legal aspects==
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