PRISM

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electronic surveillance program mass surveillance program signals intelligence program

PRISM is a U.S. National Security Agency electronic surveillance program that collects and analyzes internet communications from major technology companies for intelligence and counterterrorism purposes.

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Label Occurrences
PRISM canonical 6

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf electronic surveillance program ⓘ
mass surveillance program ⓘ
signals intelligence program ⓘ
abbreviationFor Planning Tool for Resource Integration, Synchronization, and Management ⓘ
agencyTypeOfOperator signals intelligence agency ⓘ
authorizedBy United States government ⓘ
canIncidentallyCollect communications of U.S. persons ⓘ
classification Top Secret (before disclosure) ⓘ
collectionMethod direct access to data from providers under court orders ⓘ
collects emails ⓘ
file transfers ⓘ
metadata ⓘ
photos ⓘ
social networking details ⓘ
stored data ⓘ
video ⓘ
video conferencing data ⓘ
voice communications ⓘ
controversy alleged violations of civil liberties ⓘ
mass surveillance of internet users ⓘ
privacy concerns ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dataSourceType major internet service providers ⓘ
major technology companies ⓘ
dateOfPublicDisclosure 2013 ⓘ
domain internet communications ⓘ
focus foreign intelligence targets using U.S.-based internet services ⓘ
governedBy secret court orders ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
legalBasis Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ⓘ
FISA Amendments Act of 2008 ⓘ
surface form: Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008
managedBy Special Source Operations division of the NSA ⓘ
mediaOutletOfFirstReports The Guardian ⓘ
Washington Post ⓘ
surface form: The Washington Post
operator National Security Agency ⓘ
oversightBody Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ⓘ
United States Congress ⓘ
purpose counterterrorism ⓘ
foreign intelligence surveillance ⓘ
intelligence collection ⓘ
relatedTo Boundless Informant ⓘ
Upstream collection ⓘ
XKeyscore ⓘ
revealedToPublicBy Edward Snowden ⓘ
startDate 2007 ⓘ
subjectOf global debate on surveillance and privacy ⓘ
targets non-U.S. persons located outside the United States ⓘ
technologyDomain internet surveillance ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Security Agency → notableProgram → PRISM ⓘ
XKeyscore → relatedTo → PRISM ⓘ
Stellar Wind → relatedTo → PRISM ⓘ
2013 global surveillance disclosures → revealedProgram → PRISM ⓘ
Boundless Informant → relatedTo → PRISM ⓘ
Special Source Operations division of the NSA → hasProgram → PRISM ⓘ
subject surface form: Special Source Operations