Mass surveillance in the United States
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The practice of mass surveillance in the United States dates back to World War I 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, via programs such as the Black Chamber and Project SHAMROCK. The formation and growth of federal law-enforcement and intelligence agencies such as the FBI, CIA, and NSA institutionalized surveillance used to also silence political dissent, as evidenced by COINTELPRO projects which targeted various organizations and individuals. During the Civil Rights Movement era, many individuals put under surveillance orders were first labelled as integrationists then deemed subversive. Other targeted individuals and groups included Native American activists, African American and Chicano liberation movement activists, and anti-war protesters.
See also
- Censorship in the United States
- Domain Awareness System
- Freedom of speech in the United States
- Global surveillance
- Internet censorship in the United States
- Labor spying in the United States
- List of Americans under surveillance
- List of government mass surveillance projects
- Mass surveillance in the United Kingdom
- Police surveillance in New York City
