http://socialnetworkingnews.org/germany-to-launch-social-network-spy-program/
Germany expects within five years to operate a program that spies in real time on social networks and encrypted Internet traffic outside its borders, according to multiple media reports inside the European nation.
The price tag? $375 million.
The German government confirmed the program’s existence, describing it as an early warning system for cyberattacks. It did not confirm the budget or any operational details.
Germany’s largest daily newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitun, and two major TV outlets, NDR and WDR, reported the news. American tech news site IT World translated the reports.
Germany has been perhaps the most vocal critic of the U.S. surveillance programs revealed by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
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