Edward Snowden: GCHQ collected information from every visible user on the internet
GCHQ mounted a mass surveillance exercise which collected information from “every visible user on the internet”, according to documents obtained by the US National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.
They suggested the Cheltenham-based agency was harvesting data from the users of search engines, social media, online radio, news and pornographic websites.
The classified files appear to uncover the existence of a secret programme called Karma Police, named after a Radiohead song.
This built profiles of individuals by scrutinising their web browsing habits including visits to websites operated by the BBC, Channel 4 News and Reuters, messages on chat forums and activity on Facebook.
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