Snowden’s statement on seeking asylum in Russia, as published by Wikileaks

Snowden’s yet-unleaked leaks could be America’s ‘worst nightmare,’ says Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who was first to publish the documents that former NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked about the US government’s surveillance programs, gave an interview to the Argentinean daily La Nacion.

Fugitive Snowden to seek temporary asylum in Russia

Fugitive former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden said he was seeking temporary asylum in Russia and had no regrets about spilling U.S. spy secrets

Edward Snowden: I Have No Regrets

After meeting with representatives from human rights organizations at Moscow‘s Sheremetyevo airport on Friday, NSA leaker Edward Snowden released a statement through WikiLeaks

Google Refuses to Delete Pirate Websites from its Search ResultsFor years entertainment industry groups have been demanding that Google does something about the ?pirate sites? showing up in their search results.

Edward Snowden’s statement on seeking asylum in Russia, as published by Wikileaks

Photo: Tanya Lokshina of Human Rights Watch.

What We Learned From Snowden’s Moscow Airport Appearance

For weeks, the international media — FP included — has been pouncing at every crumb of information about NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

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In France, Twitter grudgingly yields to pressure and will identify users accused of hate speech

Somini Sengupta in the NYT reports on Twitter’s agreement this week, after months of legal battling, to ID several users who posted anti-Semitic comments on its service, whom French authorities want to prosecute for violating hate speech laws.

From OkCupid to Anonymous Sex, Jonathan Groff Talks About His HBO Show …

Broadway.com

Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Jonathan Groff is looking for love and living it up with his best gay pals on the upcoming and still untitled HBO series. Set in San Francisco, the show stars Groff as a video game designer trying to find love .

The Morals of Grabbing Free Content From the Web

As most people reading this post will be aware, free media of all kinds is just a few clicks away.

No matter what content is required, a quick Google search (or a Bing one if the relentless pace of DMCA notices is spoiling results) is the only thing required to get almost anything without paying.

PRISM for Pirates: AT&T Invents The Ultimate Anti-Piracy System

By now it?s no secret that intelligence agencies have real-time access to people?s online activities.

However, the same might soon apply to copyright holders too. That is, if AT&T puts one of its patents into action.

A few weeks ago we wrote about AT&T?s patent to track and monitor transfers over the BitTorrent network. While this was already quite worrisome in terms of privacy, it?s just the tip of the iceberg.

Anonymous Proxy Servers and Other Tools of the Political Activist

PR Web (press release)

idcloak publishes Anonymous proxy servers and other tools of the political activist, a four-part article which recommends strategies and services to help tech-activists protest without putting their freedom at risk. The article focuses on safely using