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Google and Facebook Can Be Legally Intercepted, Says UK Spy Boss
Submitted by Bradley Keyes on Fri, 2014-06-20 00:00
UK intelligence service GCHQ can legally snoop on British use of Google, Facebook and web-based email without specific warrants because the firms are based abroad, the government has said.
Classed as "external communications", such activity can be covered by a broad warrant and intercepted without extra clearance, spy boss Charles Farr said.
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