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1. www.amnesty.org › en › latest7 ways the world has changed thanks to Edward Snowden

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   Jun 4, 2015 · On 5 June 2013, whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the first shocking evidence of global mass surveillance programmes. We’ve since learned that the USA’s National Security Agency (NSA) and the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) have been monitoring the internet and phone activity of hundreds of millions of people across the world. We take a look at how the landscape ...

2. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-23768248Edward Snowden: Timeline - BBC News

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   Aug 20, 2013 · Edward Snowden, a former Central Intelligence Agency technical worker, is the source of one of the worst information leaks in US history. Materials provided by Mr Snowden to the media allege the ...

3. iapp.org › news › aThe Snowden disclosures, 10 years on - IAPP

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   CIPP/E, CIPP/US. 8 Minute Read. Even 10 years on, Edward Snowden's disclosures of U.S. government surveillance programs continue to make an impact on law and policy debates, particularly those involving privacy. His actions changed the coordinates of discussions not only about the balance between national security and privacy but about ...

4. www.npr.org › 2019/12/14 › 787891267Stories Of The Decade: Edward Snowden And Mass Surveillance

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   Dec 14, 2019 · Snowden says 2016 marked the first year that a majority of Internet traffic was encrypted, a trend that continues. There's no sign that Snowden's case will be resolved anytime soon. He still faces ...

5. arstechnica.com › tech-policy › 2018The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really?

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   Nov 21, 2018 · Seeing a threat from encryption, the US and other members of the Five Eyes group (the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada) have agreed to look at ways to require backdoors to secured ...

6. www.wired.com › story › after-six-years-in-exileAfter 6 Years in Exile, Edward Snowden Explains Himself

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   Sep 16, 2019 · In Snowden’s telling, it sounds for the first time less like a biography of a Black Swan than the experience of a generation: An extremely online kid of the ’90s who is only drawn to ...

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   How has Edward Snowden impacted law & policy debates?

   • Even 10 years on, Edward Snowden's disclosures of U.S. government surveillance programs continue to make an impact on law and policy debates, particularly those involving privacy.

   The Snowden disclosures, 10 years on

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   Who is Edward Snowden?

   • 9 June: Edward Snowden, 29, is named as the source of the intelligence leaks. Speaking from Hong Kong, he explains why he went public. 10 June: Mr Snowden checks out of his Hong Kong hotel and his whereabouts remain unknown as it is rumoured the US is pursuing a criminal investigation against him.

   Edward Snowden: Timeline - BBC News

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   Did Snowden think he was a contractor for the National Security Agency?

   • Snowden assumed he'd be engaged in similar work as well. But as a contractor for the National Security Agency working at an underground facility in Hawaii, he witnessed the mass collection of electronic data on American citizens, and he thought it was wrong. Here's what he told NPR this past September. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)

   Stories Of The Decade: Edward Snowden And Mass Surveillance

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   Will Snowden's case be resolved soon?

   • Snowden says 2016 marked the first year that a majority of Internet traffic was encrypted, a trend that continues. There's no sign that Snowden's case will be resolved anytime soon. He still faces criminal charges in the U.S. Here's how then-candidate Donald Trump describes Snowden in a 2015 interview with CNN. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

   Stories Of The Decade: Edward Snowden And Mass Surveillance

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   How did Snowden's disclosures impact the world?

   • "Thanks to Snowden's disclosures, people worldwide were able to engage in an extraordinary and unprecedented debate about government surveillance," the American Civil Liberties Union declared on the fifth anniversary of the Guardian article.

   The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really?

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   How has Snowden's 'telephony metadata' impacted US policy and legislation?

   • Snowden's very first leaked document, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) order to Verizon mandating the turnover of "telephony metadata" to the FBI and the NSA, has inarguably had the greatest impact on US policy and legislation.

   The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really?

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8. www.amnesty.org › en › latestEdward Snowden: “I should have come forward sooner.”

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   Jun 4, 2015 · I have one regret: I should have come forward sooner. Had I done so, I think we would have a much greater degree of liberty in our online lives. Because the biggest challenge we face in reforming these surveillance programs is that, once the money has been spent, and once the practices have been institutionalized in secret, without the public ...