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Tag Archives: Edward Snowden

09Nov/16

Donald Trump in charge of the NSA

November 9, 2016SecurityArtificial intelligence, Bill, Collective intelligence, Company: GCHQ, Company: Google, Company: Open Rights Group, Country: United Kingdom, Country: United States, Creative works, Cybernetics, Doomsday scenarios, Edward Snowden, Films, Future, Global catastrophic risk, Global surveillance, Global surveillance disclosures, Hazards, Human extinction, Search Engines, Snowden, Superorganisms, Technology/Internet, Time, Trump government, United Kingdom, United States, Will Trump, Worldsmbale

Press Release (Open Rights Group) – “If there were a crisis in the relationship between the UK and the US, what risks would our shared intelligence arrangements pose?”
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01Oct/16

Edward Snowden film premieres in Hong Kong

October 1, 2016SecurityAnatoly Kucherena, Citizenfour, Commentary on Edward Snowden's disclosure, Creative works, Edward Snowden, Edward Snowden asylum in Russia, Edward Snowden in popular culture, English-language films, Entertainment/Culture, Film, Films, Global surveillance, Global surveillance disclosures, Jonathan Man, Luke Harding, Oliver Stone, Russia, Snowden, u.s. government accountability, United States, Whistleblower, Worldsmbale

A film telling the story of Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency intelligence contractor turned whistle-blower, premieres in Hong Kong. Continue reading →

25Feb/16

Cook: Unlocking is “bad for America”

February 25, 2016MobileApple, Apple Inc., Apple Store, Company: Apple, Computing, David Muir, Economy of the United States, Edward Snowden, FBI–Apple encryption dispute, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fred Katayama, Industries, Internet privacy, IOS, IPhone, Katayama, Law, Obama, Privacy, Rizwan Farook, Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, Steve Jobs, Technology/Internet, Tim Cook, United Statessmbale

Apple CEO Tim Cook said he would take his fight with the FBI over privacy all the way to the Supreme Court. Fred Katayama reports.
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29Sep/15

U.S. whistleblower Snowden draws crowd with Twitter debut

September 29, 2015WorldCommentary on Edward Snowden's disclosure, Creative works, Edward Snowden, Edward Snowden asylum in Russia, Espionage, Films, Global surveillance, Global surveillance disclosures, Mass surveillance, National Security Agency, Neil deGrasse Tyson, New York, Permanent Record, Russia, Snowden, U.S. government, United States, Worldsmbale

Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked details about the U.S. government’s massive surveillance programs, has started a twitter account, quickly attracting over 300,000 followers.

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24Sep/15

U.S. spy fugitive Snowden launches push for global privacy treaty

September 24, 2015SecurityArticles, Australia, Canada, Creative works, David Miranda, Edward Snowden, Edward Snowden asylum in Russia, English-language films, France, Glenn Greenwald, Global surveillance, Global Telecoms Exploitation, Human rights, Joseph Cannataci, Malta, Mass surveillance, Moscow, National security, National Security Agency, New York, New York City, Right to privacy, Russia, Snowden, Surveillance, United Kingdom, United States, Worldsmbale

Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden appears in New York City via video link from Moscow to promote a new global treaty against mass surveillance.

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06Sep/15

Snowden awarded Norwegian free speech prize

September 6, 2015WorldBjornson, Commentary on Edward Snowden's disclosure, Creative works, Edward Snowden, Edward Snowden in popular culture, English-language films, Films, Global surveillance, Hege, Hege Newth Nouri, Iraq, Newth, Norway, Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression, Norwegian Authors Union Freedom of Expression Prize, Russia, Snowden, United Statessmbale

(REUTERS) – Edward Snowden was awarded a prize from the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression.
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01Aug/15

Press freedom demonstrators protest after news website accused of treason

August 1, 2015PoliticsAndre Meister, Angela Merkel, Annika Vogt, Articles, Berlin, Civil rights and liberties, East Germany, Edward Snowden, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Franz Josef Strauss, Germany, Heiko Maas, Markus Beckedahl, Mass surveillance, Net neutrality, Netzpolitik.org, Politics, Rosamarie Rieger, Stasi, Treason, West Germany, Whistleblowersmbale

Demonstrators protest for press freedom in Berlin after Germany’s Federal Prosecutor opened an investigation into journalists at a news website to clarify whether or not the publication of certain documents could be deemed as treason.

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02Jul/15

Brazil’s Rousseff downplays opposition to fiscal policy during Google tour

July 2, 2015PoliticsBarack Obama, Brazil, Brazilian presidential election, California, Cancer survivors, Congress, Dilma Rousseff, Edward Snowden, First inauguration of Dilma Rousseff, Google, GOOGLE INC., Government, Heads of state, In Brazil, Inauguration of Dilma Rousseff, Joaquim Levy, Larry Page, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Lula Luiz Inacio Lula da, Lula Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Mountain View, Petrobras, Politicians, Politics, Politics of Brazil, president, Presidents of Brazil, Protests in Brazil, Rousseff's government, United States, Workers' Partysmbale

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff downplays Congressional opposition to her controversial fiscal policy while touring Google’s California headquarters where she took a spin in one of the company’s self-driving cars.

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14Jun/15

UK terrorism law watchdog calls for major surveillance overhaul

June 14, 2015WorldBarack Obama, Cameron, Counter-terrorism, Crime prevention, David Anderson, Edward Snowden, Espionage, GCHQ, Global surveillance disclosures, Government, INDEPENDENT TELEVISION NEWS LIMITED, Internet privacy, law enforcement, London, Mass surveillance, National security, Politics, Privacy of telecommunications, Public safety, Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act, Security, Surveillance, Syria, Theresa May, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

David Anderson, Britain’s independent reviewer of anti-terrorism laws, says the framework overseeing the interception of emails, phone calls and online activity by police and spies needs a major overhaul.

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14Jun/15

Britain pulls out spies as Russia, China crack Snowden files – report

June 14, 2015UncategorizedCentral Intelligence Agency, China, contractor, Edward Snowden, McLean Virginia, Moscow, Politics, Russia, SUNDAY TIMES LIMITED (THE), the Sunday Times, U.S. National Security Agency, United Kingdomsmbale

File footage of whistleblower Edward Snowden as the Sunday Times reports that Britain is pulling agents from live operations in “hostile countries” after Russia and China cracked top-secret information contained in files leaked by the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor.

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