Top UK Security Official: It's Legal to Spy on You Online

The UK government can legally spy on all online communications — including data on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Google — according to Britain’s most senior security official.

Charles Farr, the director general of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, justified the UK government's collection of vast amounts of citizens' online data without individual warrants by saying it goes through "external communications," or on servers based outside of the country, so it has less strict legal protection