{"id":11725,"date":"2016-11-11T12:46:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T12:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=11725"},"modified":"2016-11-11T12:46:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T12:46:43","slug":"edward-snowden-on-trump-and-what-it-says-for-online-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/edward-snowden-on-trump-and-what-it-says-for-online-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward Snowden on Trump and what it says for Online Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Yesterday, the former NSA contractor was interviewed through a live feed from Moscow in an event held in the Netherlands by private browser StartPage. He was asked about multiple recent topics but the question on everyone&#8217;s mind was of course the new president Donald J. Trump and what Snowden thinks of him.<\/h3>\n<h4>Reporter: Emre Gunes \/ Subeditor: Ryan Yeo<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11755\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2016\/11\/Snowden_7.jpg\" alt=\"snowden_7\" width=\"2138\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Edward Snowden talked about the civic duty of the citizen to defend privacy and that new mass surveillance models unveiled in Russia and China are a bad omen for things to come. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey got away with it because they said they\u2019d modelled it on America\u2019s laws\u201d essentially making them immune to western criticisms as they would need to denounce their own policies in the process. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Especially now with the social media backlash and public outcry against Donald Trump&#8217;s election win, many are skeptical of where these already frivolous policies will lead to under Trumps leadership. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When questioned by email encryption pioneer, Phil Zimmerman, about what he thinks regarding the, Snowden was surprisingly optimistic about Trump. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is just one president\u2026 Politicians do what they think will gain them support\u2026 ultimately if we want to see a change we must force it through.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He also added:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf we want a better world we should not hope for an Obama or fear a Donald Trump but rather we should build it ourselves,\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the topic of Obama, Snowden urged audiences to not follow blindly to the election hype as Presidential interests can change over the course of their term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBarack Obama campaigned on a platform on ending mass surveillance and we all put a lot of hope on him because of this,\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBut unfortunately once he took that office we saw that he didn&#8217;t actually fulfill those campaign promises.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Similarly, in the UK, <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">unlawful mass surveillance <\/span>has been a topic of debate as well. Whether Trump\u2019s new vision will affect the UK\u2019s stand on mass surveillance remains to be seen. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Snowden urges people to be critical yet optimistic of the changes that will come with President Trump and that the fate of privacy lies with the people of the world and not politicians. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, the former NSA contractor was interviewed through a live feed from Moscow in an event held in the Netherlands by private browser StartPage. 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