A standing ovation when his head appears on the video screen. Edward Snowden is the hero of the crowd that had gathered last night in the Amsterdam City Theatre during the Big Brother Awards of digital rights organization Bits of Freedom. He was asked during the presentation of the “prices” to individuals and institutions that have violated the privacy most, explain why there has to be fought against.
After uncovering the domestic spying by the NSA Snowden staying now for over eighteen years in Russia, where he was granted asylum. He lives there with his American girlfriend. Snowden pointed out that fundamental rights such as the right to privacy in many Western democracies under pressure. And correspondingly also the opportunity to exchange ideas freely political example is compromised.
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