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July 15, 2014

Snowden Docs Reveal British Spy Agency's Internet Manipulation Tools 
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The latest round of documents from Edward Snowden reveal how the British
spy agency GCHQ has developed a range of secret tools to manipulate the
Internet by disseminating propaganda, rigging online polls, inflating
page views, conducting mass delivery of emails, and monitoring Skype
users in real time. The news website The Intercept published the
document, which reads like a menu of covert tools with code names like
"ANGRY PIRATE," "CONCRETE DONKEY," "STEALTH MOOSE" and "IMPERIAL BARGE,"
a term that refers to the ability to connect two unsuspecting phone
users together in a call. The revelations come as the British Parliament
is set to begin debate on a fast-tracked bill to expand government
spying powers.

 

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