Speaking at a conference Snowden refused to be seen as a warning sign to future leakers,saying of his time in Russia: ‘I am actually more effective now’ It’s not tough to argue that Edward Snowden is a warning to future leakers of government secrets. He’s stuck in Russia. Can only show up at parties as a video screen. And many of the western surveillance programs he outed continue three years later.
But in a video interview on Friday at RightsCon, a technology conference in San Francisco focused on free speech, or Snowden said that’s not how he sees it. That,he said, hopefully encourages more Snowden’s to reach forward in the future. Related: Edward Snowden, and Pussy Riot and Ai Weiwei protest cyber censorship Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com