{"id":3263,"date":"2013-06-20T15:59:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T22:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studioglyphic.com\/blog\/?p=3263"},"modified":"2014-02-02T12:45:42","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T20:45:42","slug":"timeline-of-edward-snowden-and-prism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studioglyphic.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/20\/timeline-of-edward-snowden-and-prism\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline of Edward Snowden and PRISM"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the striking things about this whole thing is how young Edward Snowden is. I thought it might be interesting to put some things into context.<\/p>\n

1983 – Snowden born.<\/p>\n

1998 – Snowden is 15 years old. COPPA and DMCA enacted. Google founded.<\/p>\n

2001 – Snowden is 18 years old. Terrorists hijack airplanes and attack New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon.<\/p>\n

2004 – Snowden is 21 years old. Snowden enlists in the Army, and is discharged following a training accident. Facebook founded.<\/p>\n

2005 – Snowden is 22 years old. YouTube founded.<\/p>\n

2007 – Snowden is 24 years old. Protect America Act enacted. PRISM begins. iPhone launched. Microsoft joins PRISM.<\/p>\n

2008 – Snowden is 25 years old. FISA Amendments Act of 2008 enacted. Yahoo! joins PRISM.<\/p>\n

2009 – Snowden is 26 years old. Google and Facebook join PRISM.<\/p>\n

2010 – Snowden is 27 years old. YouTube joins PRISM.<\/p>\n

2011 – Snowden is 28 years old. AOL and Skype join PRISM.<\/p>\n

2012 – Snowden is 29 years old. Apple joins PRISM.<\/p>\n

2013 – Snowden leaks classified documents about PRISM to the Guardian and the Washington Post and goes into hiding in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

I looked most of this up on Wikipedia, so it must<\/em> be true.<\/p>\n

Image CC BY Fraktion DIE LINKE. im Bundestag<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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