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- Big tech ‘indenture entire populations into servitude’ to corporations & govts – Snowden
Tech giants such as Google or Facebook store vast amounts of personal data for their own gain but they are also “happy to hand over” this data to governments, making people vulnerable to persecution, Edward Snowden warned.Jul 13, 2019 21:52World News - Guardian compromised by UK MoD? Deputy editor thanked for ‘re-establishing links’ post Snowden leaksThe Guardian newspaper’s deputy editor was thanked by the UK MoD for “re-establishing links” between the newspaper and the intelligence services after the 2013 Snowden leaks, a document showing board meeting minutes has revealed.Jun 17, 2019 17:42UK News
- ‘Unlimited reach, no safeguards’: Snowden warns of greatest social control scheme in historyThe US government has a tendency to hijack and weaponize revolutionary innovations, Edward Snowden said, noting that the natural human desire to communicate with others is now being exploited on an unprecedented scale.Jun 1, 2019 23:56World News
- ‘War on journalism’: Snowden slams US indictment against AssangeThe fate of journalism as we know it is now at stake, after Washington indicted Julian Assange under the Espionage Act, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden tweeted in reaction to 17 new charges against the WikiLeaks founder.May 23, 2019 21:17World News
- Tulsi Gabbard would drop charges against Assange & SnowdenDemocrat presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) said she would drop all charges against Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, as their prosecution would have a “chilling effect” on free press and whistleblowers.May 14, 2019 23:10USA News
- NSA wants to drop mass surveillance program revealed by Snowden – reportThe National Security Agency (NSA) has reportedly asked the White House to drop its phone surveillance program that gathers information on millions of Americans’ calls and texts, revealed by Edward Snowden in 2013.Apr 25, 2019 21:06USA News
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