EU Parliament Votes Snowden Should Have Asylum On Human Rights Grounds

Edward Snowden Privacy The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Thursday voted former government contractor Edward Snowden should be granted asylum in Europe on the grounds that he is a “defender of human rights.” The vote does not mean Snowden will actually gain asylum in Europe. The member countries will need to decide if they want to take on the MEPs resolution or not. However the vote… Read More

Snowden Says Government Has Not Responded To His Offer To Go To Jail

Snowden Edward Snowden said he wants to return to the United States — even if that means serving jail time.
The former government contractor fled the U.S. in 2013 after he leaked classified NSA documents to reporters. Snowden said in an interview with the BBC that aired Monday that Department of Justice officials had not responded to his offer. Read More

Europe’s Top Court Strikes Down ‘Safe Harbor’ Data-Transfer Agreement With U.S.

google-servers-datacenter The European Court of Justice has today declared invalid the Safe Harbor data-transfer agreement that has governed data flows from European users of U.S. cloud services to the U.S. for processing. “The Court of Justice declares that the Commission’s U.S. Safe Harbour Decision is invalid,” the ECJ said in a statement today, reported by Reuters. Some 4,000+ U.S. companies… Read More

You Can Now Follow Edward Snowden On Twitter @Snowden

Snowden For more than two years, you’ve been following news about Edward Snowden on Twitter. As of this morning, you can follow the man himself. However you probably won’t get a follow back. Right now he’s only following one account — the NSA. The former government contractor posted his first Tweet this morning: Can you hear me now? — Edward Snowden (@Snowden)… Read More

U.K. Spy Oversight Court Rules GCHQ Acted Unlawfully Again

800px-GCHQ-aerial The U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), the judicial oversight body which handles complaints relating to domestic intelligence agencies, has ruled that GCHQ acted unlawfully in the handling of intercepted communications data in another case brought by civil liberties groups, including Liberty, Privacy International and Amnesty International. Read More

Print Your Own Bust Of Edward Snowden

snowden3D_preview_featured Although police removed the original Edward Snowden bust from Brooklyn’s Fort Greene park now you and your friends can print your own eight-inch Snowdens for placement nearly anywhere. The 3D file, available on Thingiverse, depicts a strong-jawed, pensive Snowden wearing his signature glasses. Created by artists Andrew Tider, Jeff Greenspan, and Doyle Trankina, the bust appeared in the… Read More