![]() These revelations caused significant diplomatic tensions. The US was found to have spied on Brazil, France, Mexico, Britain, China, Germany and Spain. Snowden's revelations exposed that the US was secretly monitoring the emails, phone calls and text messages of world leaders, including politicians considered to be their close allies such as then Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. ![]() Even Amnesty International, which does not focus on criticizing US foreign policy, attacked US spying activities Snowden exposed as constituting "human rights abuses on a mass, global scale." The US performs this cyber espionage in collaboration with telecommunications companies and the "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand. Snowden, a former contractor for the National Security Agency, revealed the US government was secretly and indiscriminately scooping up vast amounts of data from millions of peoples' emails, phone calls, text messages and other digital records. Illustration: Liu Xiangya/GTIt has been 10 years since Edward Snowden exposed the vast extent of the US' global surveillance. 内容摘要:US surveillance is an obstacle to a truly democratic world order 变装机长电影US surveillance is an obstacle to a truly democratic world order By Fiona Edwards Published: 05:34 PM
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