# PRISM (NSA) **Entity class:** Signals-intelligence surveillance program **Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Person of Interest and The Machine|Person of Interest and The Machine]] ## Definition **PRISM** is the name associated with a United States signals-intelligence collection program operated by the [[wiki/National Security Agency|National Security Agency]] and disclosed through the [[wiki/Edward Snowden|Edward Snowden]] documents. This page exists primarily to prevent acronym collision. It is unrelated to the [[wiki/PRISM (E11 Bio)|E11 Bio connectomics platform]] and the [[wiki/PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)|Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines]]. Shared concern with advanced technology is not evidence of a programmatic relationship. ## Relationships - **Operator:** [[wiki/National Security Agency|National Security Agency]]. - **Disclosure context:** [[wiki/Edward Snowden|Edward Snowden]] and [[wiki/Five Eyes|Five Eyes]]. - **Disambiguation:** [[wiki/PRISM|PRISM]], [[wiki/PRISM (E11 Bio)|PRISM (E11 Bio)]], and [[wiki/PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)|PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)]]. - **Collection routes:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] and [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]. - **Source route:** [[articles/Person of Interest and The Machine|Person of Interest and The Machine]]. ## Sources - [U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board — Section 702 report](https://www.pclob.gov/library/702-Report.pdf)