AMES, Iowa — Edward Snowden, the former CIA officer and National Security Agency consultant who leaked information about global surveillance programs, will speak live from Moscow in an Iowa State University lecture on March 4.
In 2013, Snowden revealed that the U.S. government was pursuing an unprecedented system of mass surveillance. He fled to Hong Kong, and shared his information with The Guardian and The Washington Post, whose stories brought the revelations to international attention and launched a discussion of individual privacy and national security.
Snowden will present “Digital Surveillance: How Gen Z Gave Up Its Privacy to Corporations and the Government” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 4, livestreamed on YouTube.
Snowden continues to speak out about technologies and practices that intersect with privacy and cybersecurity.
He is author of the memoir “Permanent Record” and subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary “Citizenfour” and critically-acclaimed film “Snowden.” Snowden has received the Right Livelihood Award, the German Whistleblower Prize, the Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize, and the Carl von Ossietzky Medal from the International League for Human Rights. He currently serves as president of the board of directors of the Freedom of the Press Foundation.
The University Book Store has autographed copies of “Permanent Record” for sale.
This lecture is sponsored by the National Affairs Lectures Series committee and the Committee on Lectures, which is funded by Student Government.
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