LIVE: Snowden Speaks At South By Southwest
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It is the former NSA contractor's first live interview since he left Hawaii for Hong Kong with access to hundreds of thousands of classified NSA documents.
The 30-year-old has been living in Russia since June 20, when he flew from Hong Kong to Moscow with a bunk Ecuadorian travel document and a void passport.
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ACLU lawyer Ben Wizner, who has been speaking for Snowden, is the main presenter of the talk.
Here are some highlights:
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"When we think aobut what's happened in the last decade, the result has been an adversarial Internet. ... It is something that we need to protect against."
More to come.
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