France ‘has vast data surveillance’ – Le Monde report

France's foreign intelligence service intercepts computer and telephone data on a vast scale, like the controversial US Prism programme, according to the French daily Le Monde in an article published in July 2013.

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ESO: Background information: UK spy scheme said to be larger than Prism http://www.europeansources.info/record/uk-spy-scheme-said-to-be-larger-than-prism/

ESO: Background Information: EU commission 'stood firm' on US data privacy http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-commission-stood-firm-on-us-data-privacy/

Le Monde, 04.07.13: France also has ‘big ears’ (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/3940291-france-also-has-big-ears

Website: France: Ministère de la Défense: Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE) http://www.defense.gouv.fr/english/dgse

EUObserver, 04.07.13: MEPs slam US snooping, amid revelations France does the same http://euobserver.com/justice/120763

The Guardian, 04.07.13: France 'runs vast electronic spying operation using NSA-style methods' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/04/france-electronic-spying-operation-nsa

France24, 04.07.13: France has vast electronic spying network, paper says http://www.france24.com/en/20130704-france-uses-vast-electronic-spying-network-monde-dgse

BBC News, 05.07.13: French PM Ayrault says spy programme claims 'inexact' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23201769

Blog: ¡No Pasarán!, 07.07.13: Grand Frère Comes To France: "Phone Calls, Emails, Web Use" All Spied On http://no-pasaran.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/grand-frere-comes-to-france-phone-calls.html

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