US spy agencies have lost the legal authority to bulk collect Americans’ phone data after the Senate failed to reach a deal to renew the powers on Sunday.
It is a gross violation of privacy for communications companies to monitor their users despite what the intelligence services may claim.
British police and security services have foiled around 40 terror plots on British soil since the 7/7 bombings, the Home Secretary has said.
NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden may be stuck in Russia and facing allegations of treason back in the US, but that hasn’t stopped someone adding his profile to the dating app Tinder and looking for potential dates.
British authorities have admitted to spying on UK users of social media services like Facebook and Twitter, but claim this mass surveillance is justified as the data and services are located overseas.