US-German ‘cyber dialogue’ begins amid spying tensions

Germany called for global standards to protect people’s privacy on the Internet in the run-up to a "cyber dialogue" opening in Berlin on the 27 June 2014, less than a year after US intelligence services were caught red-handed tapping Angela Merkel’s mobile phone.

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ESO: Background information: Germany opens inquiry into claims NSA tapped Angela Merkel's phone http://www.europeansources.info/record/germany-opens-inquiry-into-claims-nsa-tapped-angela-merkels-phone/

ESO: Background information: Merkel and Hollande to lay foundation of ‘protected’ EU internet http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-and-hollande-to-lay-foundation-of-protected-eu-internet/

Deutsche Welle, 03.07.14: EU mulls cyber defense against US surveillance http://dw.de/p/1CVPv

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