'People are being killed based on metadata' whistleblower says
'What has been often presented as being the domain of despotic rulers has been done on British soil, by the British government,' said Salil Shetty, Amnesty International's secretary general
'We agree with the Court's conclusion that the programme is lawful,' adds Department of Justice, to no one's surprise
Company admits it has been capturing audio - but only if a particular box has been ticked...
More questions than answers from The Sunday Times report, which suggests that MI6 agents had to be withdrawn from 'hostile countries'
Documents detailing government desire to monitor social media come less than a week after Snowden slammed GCHQ for secretly trying to pass snooping legislation
'They want to be able to target anybody,' says Snowden during live Q&A with Amnesty International UK
...but new legislation is right on the horizon
But Downing Street insists bill is required because 'the gap in capabilities are putting lives at risk'
Non-Yahoo mail users claim that company intercepted and analysed emails in order to boost advertising revenue