By John Glenday

A study into the fallout from the Edward Snowden leaks has identified a tendency amongst the American public to discuss the affair offline rather than through social media.

Conducted by PewResearch the investigation showed that 86 per cent of Americans were open to talking about the implications of government intrusion on personal privacy but only 42 per cent were comfortable doing so on forums such as Facebook and Twitter.

A total of 1,801 adults were quizzed in arriving at these conclusions, which also highlighted divisions within society as to whether the monitoring of phone and email records can ever be justified.

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Source: The Drum