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.
Snowden Docs Reveal British Spy Agency’s Internet Manipulation Tools
HeadlineJul 15, 2014