In the interview conducted from Smith’s home in Santa Monica over video chat, the two tackle topics including the lack of preparedness in the face of a global pandemic, how long this will be a threat to humanity, and whether the power we’re handing to global leaders will come back and bite us in the ass.The Hong Kong government said the candidates were disqualified because they did not comply with the Legislative Council requirements.The Philippine President made the bold claim during his 2020 State of the Nation Address, amid growing concerns over his administration’s pandemic management and foreign policy shift towards China.Thailand’s “wait and see” approach to reopening its borders may help boost domestic tourism and keep coronavirus cases low.“Draconian laws and barricades cannot stop our spirit of resistance,” said a young engineer who expects to be targeted by Beijing.The 70-year-old white supremacist had over 53,000 followers on Twitter as of Thursday.The global health body noted that the current "pandemic is far from over", even as new research identified a novel flu that "has all the essential hallmarks of a candidate pandemic virus".The feared anti-terror bill in the Philippines will lapse into law in a week’s time.The country recorded nine new coronavirus cases in the community overnight.The country has cemented its reputation not only as a regional leader on LGBTQ rights, but also an example to much of the world for its successes in combating COVID-19.The government of Aung San Suu Kyi ordered telecoms companies to shut down mobile internet coverage in two states. Cover: VICE co-founder Shane Smith interviews Edward Snowden for a … Edward Snowden is asking the obvious questions of a person with strong beliefs that people’s privacy is the highest priority in a world of technology and surveillance. Snowden, in an exclusive interview with Vice, said that governments may take advantage of the pandemic to impose authoritarian rules on populations. Vice has released an interview with Edward Snowden on the Pandemic and the threats to our privacy and rights. In a recent interview with Vice, ... Snowden recognized that the virus was a serious threat and said that the intelligence community was well aware that it was only a matter of time before a massive pandemic crippled the country, even back when he was working in the NSA. That was a year ago.VICE co-founder Shane Smith interviews famed whistleblower Edward Snowden in "Shelter in Place", a new series on VICE TV.By signing up to the VICE newsletter you agree to receive electronic communications from VICE that may sometimes include advertisements or sponsored content. You’ll have to watch the interview to hear the rest and form your own opinion. “Yet when we needed it, the system has now failed us, and it has failed us comprehensively.”Snowden is the first guest in the new “Shelter in Place” series debuting on In the premiere episode, Smith talks to Snowden, who blew the lid off of the National Security Agency’s surveillance of the American people in 2012. In an interview with Vice last Thursday, Snowden said world leaders who claim new emergency authority will hold onto that power well after the pandemic ends. It should be for everyone in our society. There isn’t a single government on the planet that hasn’t been warned, repeatedly, that at some point a viral pandemic will sweep the globe, causing untold death and economic disruption.And yet most failed to prepare for the novel coronavirus.“Every academic, every researcher who's looked at this knew this was coming,” says famed whistleblower Edward Snowden in an exclusive interview with VICE co-founder Shane Smith. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Vice TV has ordered Shelter in Place with Shane Smith, a new half-hour weekly interview show hosted by the Vice Media Group founder.
I will continue to post on this as I find more examples and information on the subject.If you are curious what Snowden did while employed by the US government, he has a fairly recently released book chronicling his side of the story:If nothing else, the description of the projects Snowden worked on in the book should send shivers down your spine with their implications for personal privacy. The future may be unpredictable, but global pandemics aren’t. It’s well worth a watch: Edward Snowden is asking the obvious questions of a person with strong beliefs that people’s privacy is the highest priority in a world of technology and surveillance.
Snowden raises some serious questions in his interview about the loss of privacy in times of crisis, even reflecting back on the Patriot Act (Keep an eye on this issue as we move through the global Pandemic crisis. Snowden had a lot of eye opening comments in this informative interview with Shane and Vice. For those who didn't catch it, check the mirrored link interview level 2