--- title: Surveillance | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/surveillance/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/surveillance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Surveillance ## Surveillance *  Jun 12, 2026 ## [What a U.S. Spy Law’s Expiration Means for Gathering Intelligence Abroad](https://time.com/article/2026/06/12/what-a-u-s-spy-law-s-expiration-means-for-gathering-intelligence-abroad/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Connor Greene *  Apr 10, 2023 ## [Leaked Pentagon Docs Put U.S.-South Korea Alliance in Spotlight](https://time.com/6269905/us-pentagon-leaked-documents-south-korea/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  Feb 3, 2023 ## [Satellites Exist. So Why Would China Use a Spy Balloon?](https://time.com/6252673/chinese-spy-balloon-satellite/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Chad de Guzman *  May 17, 2019 ## [Britain Has More Surveillance Cameras Per Person Than Any Country Except China. That's a Massive Risk to Our Free Society](https://time.com/5590343/uk-facial-recognition-cameras-china/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Silkie Carlo *  Feb 6, 2018 ## [The Nunes Memo Attacks the Legitimacy of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. It Should Act to Repair the Damage](https://time.com/5135266/nunes-memo-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-court/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Daniel S. Alter *  Oct 23, 2017 ## [China Is Creating a 'Database of Voices' to Boost Surveillance](https://time.com/4992849/china-voice-database-surveillance/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Joseph Hincks *  Aug 15, 2017 ## [Tech Firm Fights Warrant Demanding Anti-Trump User Data](https://time.com/4900906/dreamhost-justice-department-user-data/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Feliz Solomon *  Jul 7, 2017 ## [U.S. Judge Allows Twitter Lawsuit On Surveillance to Proceed](https://time.com/4848506/twitter-surveillance-lawsuit-first-amendment/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Reuters *  Oct 28, 2016 ## [James Bond Would Not Make A Good Spy, Says Head of MI6](https://time.com/4548694/james-bond-too-unethical-for-mi6/) by Dominique Rowe *  Aug 16, 2016 ## [Hackers Claim to Be Selling Spying Tools Used by NSA](https://time.com/4453810/hackers-shadow-brokers-nsa-auction/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Reuters *  Jul 29, 2016 ## [Snowden, WikiLeaks Disagree Over Sharing Secrets](https://time.com/4431487/edward-snowden-wikileaks-hillary-clinton-dnc/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Justin Worland *  Jun 27, 2016 ## [Edward Snowden Is Hoping for a Pardon From President Obama](https://time.com/4383464/edward-snowden-pardon-obama/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Melissa Chan *  May 12, 2016 ## [Edward Snowden Invokes Martin Luther King to Defend Whistleblowing](https://time.com/4327930/edward-snowden-martin-luther-king-whistleblowing/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Melissa Chan *  Apr 21, 2016 ## [China Interesed in Drone Data](https://time.com/4302868/china-authorities-drone-dji-data-surveillance/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Mark Rivett-Carnac *  Apr 7, 2016 ## [How Bike Sharing is Safer Than Riding Your Own Bike](https://time.com/4285049/bike-sharing-safer/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/surveillance/","name":"Surveillance"}}]}] ```