M.I.A. has said that she believes the CIA is behind the development of sites Google and Facebook.

The 34-year-old warned users to be cautious on the internet, as the government is watching at all times.

"All governments are connected to Google, and all governments can shift their search engines so only what they want you to see comes upâ€¦ I want kids to be aware of this digital circumstance," she told Nylon.

"Everyone on the Internet is like, 'Oh my God, come and join Facebook!' Theyâ€™re all so optimisticâ€¦ and really, everyone is f**king you up behind the screens. And I don't like that. It makes it difficult for me to interact with my fans knowing that. Google and Facebook were developed by the CIA, and when you're on there, you have to know that."

M.I.A. recently tweeted the private phone number of a New York Times journalist after the paper published an unfavourable article.

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