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Tornado Cash Developers Storm, Pertsev Raise Over $350K for Legal Defense With Support From Snowden

Tornado Cash developers Alexey Pertsev, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov face allegations of money laundering.

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Edward Snowden Discusses Challenges of AI

Former U.S. defense contractor, whistleblower, and activist Edward Snowden, discusses at Consensus 2023, the surveillance implications of recent advancements in artificial intelligence.

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Edward Snowden: Researchers Should Train AI to Be ‘Better Than Us’

The former NSA whistleblower shared his hopes that AI’s intelligence could exceed that of humans and ultimately benefit humanity, despite fears the technology could be co-opted by bad actors. 

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‘The Revolutionaries Will Be Televised’: PleasrDAO Launching Live Auctions With Snowden, Ellsberg NFT

The community that purchased Martin Shrkeli’s Wu-Tang Clan album in July 2021 pivots to hosting its own sales, starting with an NFT by Edward Snowden, Daniel Ellsberg and the Freedom of the Press Foundation.

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Zooko Wilcox on Edward Snowden’s Involvement With Zcash

Electric Coin Company founder and CEO Zooko Wilcox discusses Edward Snowden's involvement with Zcash in its early development stage. "He did that for free, voluntarily, like it's a public service," Wilcox said.

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Zooko Wilcox on Digital Privacy, Future of Zcash

The Electric Coin Company has been breaking new ground with zero-knowledge proofs for years and radically improved privacy on its Zcash protocol. Electric Coin Company founder and CEO Zooko Wilcox, earned a ranking on CoinDesk's Most Influential 2022 list, explains Zcash's NU5 upgrade and Halo’s new “trustless setup," citing the numerous bridge hacks this year. Plus, insights on Edward Snowden's involvement with Zcash's early development.

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Edward Snowden on the Long Road to Internet Privacy

Freedom of Press President Edward Snowden joins Consensus 2022 with CoinDesk's Executive Editor Marc Hochstein for a conversation about the changes of digital privacy throughout the past years.

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Edward Snowden: I Use Bitcoin to Use It

Freedom of Press President Edward Snowden shares this thoughts on the Bitcoin network at Consensus 2022, and why he chose to use bitcoin to transact with reporters in 2013 because of a lack of trust.

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Edward Snowden Explains Why He Doesn’t Talk About Ukraine Crisis

Freedom of Press President Edward Snowden explains why he hasn’t publicly spoken about the Russia/Ukraine crisis, and how the coverage of the war has shaped opinions.

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