Bibliograph

United States of secrets, A Frontline production with the Kirk Documentary Group and Rain Media

Type

Label

United States of secrets, A Frontline production with the Kirk Documentary Group and Rain Media

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

United States of secrets

Responsibility statement

A Frontline production with the Kirk Documentary Group and Rain Media

Runtime

180

Summary

Frontline investigates the secret history of the unprecedented surveillance program that began in the wake of September 11th and continues today. As big technology companies encouraged users to share more and more information about their lives, they created a trove of data that could be useful not simply to advertisers, but also to the government. The revelations of NSA contractor Edward Snowden would push Silicon Valley into the center of a debate over privacy and government surveillance

Technique

live action

Classification