Snowden files: Manipulating polls, netting from LinkedIn and YouTube in GCHQ’s bag of tricks

Snowden files: Manipulating polls, netting from LinkedIn and YouTube in GCHQ’s bag of tricks

The UK’s spy agency has developed a number of crafty tools to monitor and comb the web, planting false information when necessary, Glenn Greenwald said while disclosing a fresh batch of Snowden’s files. The tools were created by the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group (JTRIG) within the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), according to the leaked documents.