Edward Snowden
Date of birth: 1983-06-21
Place of birth: Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Edward Joseph Snowden, Ed Snowden
Biography
Edward Snowden is an American computer professional, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee and former contractor for the United States government who copied and leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 without prior authorization. His disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the NSA and the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments.
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Behind the Headlines
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Two years after the Panama Papers scandal, two investigative journalists at Germany’s largest newspa
Ithaka
2022-04-21
The campaign to free Julian Assange takes on intimate dimensions in this documentary portrait of an
PRISM: Whistleblower
2013-06-09
The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motive
The Panama Papers
2018-10-06
A documentary feature film about the biggest global corruption scandal in history, and the hundreds
Cybersurveillance, un impact planétaire
2023-05-03
Citizenfour
2014-10-10
In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many mee
Snowden's Great Escape
2015-01-12
Tells the story of how Edward Snowden managed to evade capture by the US. For the first time Snowden
Imminent Threat
2015-09-04
A look at the War on Terror and the threat it's causing to our civil liberties and political discour
Snowden
2016-09-15
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Killswitch
2015-03-01
This Internet is under attack. Communications, culture, free speech, innovation, and democracy are a
Risk
2017-05-05
Capturing the story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with unprecedented access, director Laura Po
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016-11-04
Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maver
Meeting Snowden
2017-04-19
Moscow, Russia, December 2016. Edward Snowden, Larry Lessig and Birgitta Jónsdóttir meet for the fir
The Haystack
Short documentary.
Snowden Exclusive: The Interview
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Whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked the documents about US mass surveillance. He spoke about his dis
CyberWar Threat
2015-10-14
Amid the ever-changing cyberwar landscape, the powerful National Security Agency is viewed with a mi
Digits: Guardians of the Web
2016-10-20
Learn about "white hat" hackers, the U.S. Secret Service's cyber crime division working to protect u
Terms and Conditions May Apply
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Have you ever read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies connected to every website you visi
HAK_MTL
2019-05-17
Does privacy still exist in 2019? In less than a generation, the internet has become a mass surveill
Inside the Dark Web
2014-09-03
Twenty-five years after the world wide web was created, it is now caught in the greatest controversy
All Creatures Welcome
2018-04-24
All Creatures Welcome explores the world of hackers and nerds at the events of the Chaos Computer Cl
Reality Winner
2021-03-17
A state of secrets and a ruthless hunt for whistleblowers – this is the story of 25-year-old Reality
Cybergeist the Movie - Game Over
2019-01-01
Cybergeist takes the viewer on a deep dive into a future that is already secretly happening all arou
Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc
2016-06-20
In Mr. Robot Decoded, creator Sam Esmail, stars Rami Malek and Christian Slater, real-life hacker Je
The Six Billion Dollar Man
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange battled extradition to the U.S., where he could've faced a lengthy