Spying On Sharing: Operation Levitation Puts Canadians Under The Microscope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyFqbviXeW0

A covert operation has recently been revealed dubbed “the Levitation program” which monitors downloads and uploads in an attempt to locate “extremism or terrorism” and it’s being led by the Communications Security Establishment (or CSE), the Canadian equivalent of the NSA.

Sources:
https://www.cse-cst.gc.ca/en

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/01/28/canada-cse-levitation-mass-surveillance/

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1510163-cse-presentation-on-the-levitation-project.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harpers-anti-terror-bill-to-criminalize-the-promotion-of-terrorism/article22633213/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cse-tracks-millions-of-downloads-daily-snowden-documents-1.2930120

http://www.cbc.ca/news/multimedia/how-canada-s-spy-agency-hunts-extremists-through-file-sharing-sites-1.2928400

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/19/gchq-intercepted-emails-journalists-ny-times-bbc-guardian-le-monde-reuters-nbc-washington-post



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