The Latest Breaking News from Edward Snowden

Despite some headway in protecting privacy, the surveillance state hasn’t gone away.

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has just been hit with an eye-watering €1.2 billion fine (about A$1.9 billion) for breaches of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

The arrest of a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard for allegedly leaking classified intelligence material is a startling twist in a case that has damaged relations with allies, exposed concerns about the war in Ukraine, and provided other countries with valuable information about the United States' spying…

The subject matter may differ but the US government has been relentless in pursuing those accused of national security leaks

This latest cache of secret documents is yet another own goal by a pathologically confused security service, says barrister Frank Ledwidge

The stunning arrest of 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira on charges of illegally sharing U.S. intelligence has once again renewed questions on the handling of classified documents.

A post-9/11 switch from ‘need-to-know’ to ‘need-to-share’ explains why a low-level guardsman had access to such sensitive material

The establishment has tried to sanitize Ellsberg. But his lessons on the madness of war are even more relevant now

Call them whistleblowers or traitors, call their actions conscientious or unconscionable, the people who decide on their own to share classified material have often altered the course of events.