What is Mass surveillance in the United States?
{{NSA surveillance}} The practice of '''mass surveillance in the United States''' dates back to [[Censorship in the United States#Wartime censorship|wartime monitoring and censorship]] of international communications from, to, or which passed through the [[United States]]. After the [[First World War]] and the [[Second World War]], the [[surveillance]] continued, by programs such as the [[Black Chamber]] and [[Project SHAMROCK]]. The formation and growth of federal [[Law enforcement agency|law-enforcement]] and [[Intelligence agency|intelligence agencies]] such as the [[FBI]], [[CIA]], and [[NSA]] helped surveillance, such as the [[COINTELPRO]] projects which currently exist in secret. A series of [[2013 mass surveillance disclosures|media reports in 2013]] revealed more recent programs and techniques employed by the [[United States Intelligence Community|US intelligence community]]. Advances in computer and information technology allow the creation of huge [[National databases of United States persons|national databases]] that facilitate mass surveillance in the United States.<ref name=guardian6>{{cite web |url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data |title = XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' |author = [[Glenn Greenwald]]. |date = 31 July 2013 |work = The Guardian. |access-date = 2 August 2013 }}</ref><ref name=wapo2>{{cite news |url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/growing-use-of-fbi-screens-raises-concerns-over-accuracy-racial-bias/2013/07/29/d201ecda-f49f-11e2-aa2e-4088616498b4_story.html |title = Growing use of FBI screens raises concerns about accuracy, racial bias |last = Mui |first = Ylan |date = 29 July 2013 |newspaper = Washington Post |access-date = 2 August 2013 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:History of the United States]] [[Category:Espionage]] {{US-stub}}