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Protesters hold masks depicting former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden during a demonstration in Berlin on May 22, 2014. The sentence on the shirt reads, "What has happened to revolution?"

Laura Poitras' new documentary tells the Edward Snowden story — with some free computer lessons thrown in

Filmmaker Laura Poitras was one of the journalists whom Edward Snowden selected last year to tell his story. Now Poitras has released a new documentary with footage from the meetings that made Snowden a global figure and digital security an everyday concern.

Laura Poitras' new documentary tells the Edward Snowden story — with some free computer lessons thrown in
A WeChat user shows off the popular app on her phone.

If you use WeChat, China wants to know your real name

If you use WeChat, China wants to know your real name
A protester in Russia waves a Facebook flag.

As Snowden looks on, Russia cracks down on Internet freedom

As Snowden looks on, Russia cracks down on Internet freedom
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Why is the US government spying on this Muslim American lawyer?

Why is the US government spying on this Muslim American lawyer?
Glenn Greenwald attends the George Polk Awards in New York, April 11, 2014. Greenwald and Laura Poitras, the U.S. journalists who reported on spy agency analyst Edward Snowden's leaks exposing mass government surveillance, returned to the United States on

Glenn Greenwald blasts government critics of Edward Snowden

Glenn Greenwald blasts government critics of Edward Snowden

What will Edward Snowden talk about in his American primetime TV debut?

Edward Snowden is slowly starting to emerge from self-imposed isolation in Russia — including agreeing to an exclusive interview with NBC News, set to air Wednesday night. Snowden, according to a Guardian reporter, is trying to change the perception of him, back in the US.

What will Edward Snowden talk about in his American primetime TV debut?

The US is reining in internal eavesdropping, but what about spying on the rest of the world?

Americans are focused on spying by the NSA inside the US. But a former cyber-security advisor says the bigger debate over spying on foreigners has hardly started.

The US is reining in internal eavesdropping, but what about spying on the rest of the world?
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Orwellian threats caused the New York Times to spike a story on NSA spying way back in 2004

In 2004, the New York Times was about to publish a story on domestic spying. But its editor at the time, Bill Keller, ended up spiking the story after visiting the White House and being told its publication could cause the next 9/11 terrorist attack.

Orwellian threats caused the New York Times to spike a story on NSA spying way back in 2004

Brazil's new Internet 'Bill of Rights' aims to protect the country's privacy

Brazil has been an outspoken critic of the NSA's electronic eavesdropping program, and especially of the private companies that have gone along with it. This week, Brazil's government adopted a wide-ranging law to rein in what it sees as digital abuses.

Brazil's new Internet 'Bill of Rights' aims to protect the country's privacy

A newly revealed NSA program collects an entire country's phone calls — and keeps them for 30 days

New information, connected to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, suggests the NSA operates a previously-secret surveillance program with the capacity to record 100 percent of voice communications in a country.

A newly revealed NSA program collects an entire country's phone calls — and keeps them for 30 days
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Edward Snowden was bigger than a rock star at his SXSW panel today

The former NSA analyst joined the SXSW Interactive Festival on Monday and was a hit. Among other things, he says the NSA is setting fire to the future of the Internet.

Edward Snowden was bigger than a rock star at his SXSW panel today

The story of Edward Snowden is so unbelievable, sometimes you forget it's nonfiction

In "The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man," author Luke Harding of The Guardian newspaper tells a story that looks plucked straight from the pulp section of a bookstore.

The story of Edward Snowden is so unbelievable, sometimes you forget it's nonfiction
Two young women walk down a street while talking on the phone.

So why aren't young Americans spooked by NSA surveillance?

Around the world, revelations about NSA spying have caused outrage and protests. But not so much in the US. In fact, older Americans seem more worried than digitally plugged-in youth, whose electronic lives are being monitored. One researcher says young people don't seem so worried about the government acting as Big Brother.

So why aren't young Americans spooked by NSA surveillance?
Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger carries a copy of the book Spy Catcher as he arrives at Parliament to face questions over his publication of intelligence files from Edward Snowden.

The British editor who published the Snowden files defends his newspaper before Parliament

A British parliamentary panel questioned Alan Rusbridger, the editor of the newspaper that first published many of the documents leaked by Edward Snowden. He was asked about his love of his country, and he defended his newspaper as acting to help the public understand what its government was doing.

The British editor who published the Snowden files defends his newspaper before Parliament