Prism Programme

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  Centre Plans 'Big Brother' Tool To Track Social Media, Email: 10 Facts

  Every Facebook, Twitter and email user in India could soon have a new follower: the government. In a massive step with deep ramifications, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has invited bids for what could possibly be one of the world's largest social media monitoring systems - a tool that will track tweets, posts and content shared from ...

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  US Ties Not To Be Seen 'Through The Prism' Of F-16 Deal: Pakistan

  Putting up a brave face after the F-16 deal was scuttled, Pakistan on Thursday said its ties with the US should not be looked only "through the prism" of that sale and hinted that its hopes were still alive with regard to getting the fighters.

• French prosecutor investigates US Prism spying scheme

  The Paris prosecutor's office said on Wednesday it had launched a preliminary investigation into the U.S. National Security Agency's Prism surveillance programme after French rights groups complained it was snooping on citizens' emails and phone calls.

• UK spy agency did not illegally use US data: MPs

  London- Britain's electronic eavesdropping agency GCHQ did not bypass the law by using data from the secret US PRISM surveillance programme exposed by Edward Snowden, lawmakers said on Wednesday.

• German military knew about US surveillance programme: report

  The German military has known for years of the sweeping US online surveillance programme PRISM, a newspaper reported Wednesday, citing a NATO document from the Afghanistan mission.

• Edward Snowden meets rights activists at Moscow airport

  Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden on Friday met around a dozen Russian rights activists, lawyers and other figures in a closed-door meeting at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, an official said.

• German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends secret surveillance for security

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday defended the role of secret services in keeping populations safe, but also said she only learnt of the US-run PRISM surveillance programme through media reports.

• Countries' reactions to Edward Snowden's asylum applications

  Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, who is wanted by Washington on espionage charges for revealing the secret U.S. electronic surveillance programme Prism, has applied for political asylum in more than a dozen countries. The 30-year-old American remains in a legal limbo in the transit area at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. He has no leg...

• All nations spy on each other, says Barack Obama as Edward Snowden troubles pile up

  Obama suggested such spying was commonplace, but sought to distinguish between what he portrayed as normal intelligence-gathering and the specific anti-terrorism programmes disclosed by Snowden's earlier leaks.

• China army newspaper hits out at US PRISM programme

  China's official army newspaper Sunday branded the United States Internet surveillance programme exposed by former spy Edward Snowden as "frightening", and accused the US of being a "habitual offender" when it comes to network monitoring.

• America's snooping scandal: 10 things to know

  Amid global outrage at the revelation that US National Security Agency has been conducting secret surveillance on Web users around the world, India has said it is "unacceptable" if its privacy laws have been violated. The European Union is worried the sweeping spy programme could affect the privacy of its citizens.