A revelation from the Edward Snowden document leaks shows a CSE (Communications Security Establishment) program called LEVITATION has been monitoring, analyzing, and tracking millions of people who utilize popular file-sharing websites. The program secretly “taps into Internet cables and analyzes records of up to 15 million downloads daily from popular websites commonly used to share videos, photographs, music, and other files,” according to a joint report released by The Intercept and the CBC on Wednesday. In one leaked document, a CSE analyst even joked about having to wade through irrelevant files such as episodes of the musical TV series Glee as part of the invasive process. File-host companies Sendspace, Rapidshare and Megaupload were named in the leaked document. We take a look at the Canada spy agency’s global internet watch, in this Lip News clip with Mark Sovel and Elliot Hill. Enjoy!!!

Canada had always been referred to as the junior among the Five Eyes spying collaboration of the U.S., Britain, New Zealand and Australia. The exposure shocked Canadians and instantly called for actions to rein in CSE’s operations. “These revelations make clear that CSE engages in large-scale warrantless surveillance of our private online activities, despite repeated government assurances to the contrary,” David Christopher, a spokesman for Vancouver-based open Internet advocacy group OpenMedia.ca, disclosed to The Intercept.

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