Surveillance, privacy and security: Europe’s confused response to Snowden
Following a seminar on the Edward Snowden revelations held at Fritt Ord in April 2014, the international think tank European Council on Foreign Relations has produced a report on how European countries and groups have reacted to public disclosures about mass surveillance since 2013.
Surveillance, privacy and security: Europe’s confused response to Snowden by ECFR Senior Policy Fellow Anthony Dworkin notes that “Europe’s response to the Snowden revelations about US surveillance has failed to engage with some of the most important issues,” and that “Europe has not yet taken the steps that would have the best chance of protecting its citizens from the sweeping collection of their personal data by both foreign and domestic security services.”
The report goes on to state that while public and media reaction was strong, “European countries have collaborated on surveillance with the US, and have little wish to curtail their own powers.Instead, they have focused on the separate issue of US spying against EU governments.”
Fritt Ord has provided €11,876 in support of the project.
