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January 30, 2014 04:06 am GMT

Snowden Docs Expose British Spying on YouTube and Facebook

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According to Edward Snowden's latest leaked documents, the British government has the capacity to track behavior on YouTubeFacebook, Twitter and more social media sites, though it denies snooping on individual users.

These newest documents were released by NBC News in conjunction with Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who first revealed the vast scope of NSA and UK spying operations when he worked for The Guardian.

See also: Report: NSA Snoops on Angry Birds and Other Apps

The documents on which the report is based, and which appear in full below this article, come courtesy of Snowden, the former NSA contractor who has been the source of information for Greenwald and other journalists. In its report, NBC doesn't mention when it obtained the information. Read more...

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