The Guardian’s NSA Scoops Net Record Traffic
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The Guardian’s massive scoops on government surveillance last week could help the U.K. newspaper turn its push for a U.S. presence into a more forceful shove.
Last Thursday, the day it revealed the existence of the National Security Agency’s Prism program, was the newspaper’s best day yet for traffic from U.S. web users, according to a spokeswoman for the Guardian. A day earlier, last Wednesday, it revealed a secret court order compelling Verizon to give the NSA information on "all the calls in its system" on a daily basis.
The Guardian’s American audience had already been on the rise, outpacing its worldwide growth. U.S. unique visitors in April increased 38% from April 2012, while worldwide uniques improved 33%, according to ComScore. U.S. unique visitors increased 47% in May, for which global figures are not yet available, ComScore said.
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