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The NSA PRISM Program
A contractor leaked proof the NSA was secretly collecting data directly from Google, Facebook, and Apple's servers — then had to flee the country to avoid prosecution for telling the public.
In 2013, NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked classified documents revealing the agency's PRISM program, which collected user data directly from major technology companies, along with broader mass surveillance programs affecting millions of Americans. The leaks, confirmed as authentic by the U.S. government itself, sparked global debate about surveillance and privacy that continues today.
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Quick facts
- →Snowden, an NSA contractor, leaked thousands of classified documents to journalists in 2013, revealing programs including PRISM.
- →PRISM allowed the NSA to collect user data directly from major technology companies including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple, according to the leaked documents.
- →The U.S. government confirmed the leaked documents' authenticity and charged Snowden under the Espionage Act; he fled to Russia, where he was later granted asylum and eventually citizenship.
- →A federal appeals court later ruled in 2015 that the NSA's bulk telephone metadata collection program, also revealed by Snowden, was illegal under existing law.
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PRISM program (document)
NSA surveillance program collecting user data directly from major technology companies; revealed by Edward Snowden's 2013 leaks.
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Edward Snowden (person)
Former NSA contractor who leaked classified documents revealing mass surveillance programs in 2013; later granted asylum, then citizenship, in Russia.
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