Snowden digital surveillance archive available for public use
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) is excited to announce the launch of the Snowden Archive, a comprehensive database of all of the documents published to date from the Snowden leak.
Created in partnership with the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto, the Archive is the world’s first fully indexed and searchable collection of publicly released Snowden documents.
The Archive is a powerful resource for journalists, researchers and concerned citizens to find new stories and to delve deeply into the critically important information about government surveillance practices made public thanks to Edward Snowden.
“We are extremely proud to launch the Snowden Archive as a tool for Canadians, and the world, to better understand the scope and scale of mass surveillance programs,” said CJFE Executive Director Tom Henheffer. “We believe this tool is just the start of many important stories to come, and hope this will help the public engage in conversation about government surveillance practices.”
The Archive allows users to search Snowden documents by:
• Agency that created the document in question
• Journalist and media outlet that first broke the story from the document
• Full text of the document
• Keywords, surveillance program names and more
The Snowden Archive and additional information on the project can be found at http://cjfe.org/snowden
https://cjfe.org/resources/media_releases/cjfe-launches-snowden-archive-new-resource-surveillance-research