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updated 5:34 AM EST, Wed March 5, 2014

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Austin, Texas (CNN) -- Even though he can't set foot in the United States for fear of arrest, fugitive National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has joined the speakers' roster at this year's South by Southwest Interactive Festival.

Snowden, who fled the United States in June with thousands of top-secret documents, will appear via teleconference Monday from Russia for a discussion about how the tech community must defend itself against mass surveillance.

Snowden will chat with Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist with the American Civil Liberties Union's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project.

"The conversation will be focused on the impact of the NSA's spying efforts on the technology community and the ways in which technology can help to protect us from mass surveillance," an SXSW news release says.

Audience members will be allowed to ask questions, and The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit media organization, intends to livestream the session.

Josh Baer, a tech entrepreneur who has been attending the festival for more than 15 years, said he is excited to hear what Snowden has to say.

"The news and the government each have so many different perspectives," Baer said. "It's always refreshing to get it straight from the source."

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Fugitive and whistleblower Edward Snowden to speak from Russia at SXSW

U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden will speak at SXSW, a leading media, technology and music festival in Austin, Texas next week, organizers said Tuesday.

The former National Security Agency contractor, who has been living in Russia under temporary asylum, will participate in a South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival conversation on surveillance and online privacy at 11 a.m. CT next Monday, according to a description of the event on the festival website. He is slated to appear via videoconference.

The session will be moderated by Ben Wizner, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union Speech, Privacy & Technology Project and Snowden's legal adviser.

"The conversation will consider the impact of the NSA's spying efforts on the technology community, and the ways in which technology can help to protect us from mass surveillance," the festival said on its website.

Snowden is wanted in the U.S. on espionage charges for allegedly pilfering thousands of classified documents from the NSA and turning them over to several journalists who have since published reports about the spy agency's vast surveillance programs.

First published March 4 2014, 8:05 PM

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Snowden to speak at SXSW

U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden will speak at SXSW, a leading media, technology and music festival in Austin, Texas next week, organizers said Tuesday.

The former National Security Agency contractor, who has been living in Russia under temporary asylum, will participate in a South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival conversation on surveillance and online privacy at 11 a.m. CT next Monday, according to a description of the event on the festival website. He is slated to appear via videoconference.

The session will be moderated by Ben Wizner, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union Speech, Privacy & Technology Project and Snowden's legal adviser.

"The conversation will consider the impact of the NSA's spying efforts on the technology community, and the ways in which technology can help to protect us from mass surveillance," the festival said on its website.

Snowden is wanted in the U.S. on espionage charges for allegedly pilfering thousands of classified documents from the NSA and turning them over to several journalists who have since published reports about the spy agency's vast surveillance programs.

First published March 4 2014, 8:05 PM

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Edward Snowden to Speak at SXSW Festival

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Edward Snowden, who is exiled in Russia, will appear via video conference at this year's South by Southwest Interactive Conference.

While Snowden has given plenty of interviews since he leaked a cache of highly-sensitive documents about the United States' surveillance programs, he has not done so live and on video.

SXSW announced that Snowden will participate in a conversation with the American Civil Liberties Union on Monday, March 10 at noon ET. According to a press release, the talk will focus on "the impact of the NSA's spying efforts on the technology community, and the ways in which technology can help to protect us from mass surveillance."

The conversation will be moderated by "Ben Wizner, who is director of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy & Technology Project and Edward Snowden's legal advisor."

Here's a bit more about the chat from the SXSW website:

"Just as technology has enabled our modern surveillance state, so too can technology protect us. But regular users cannot make privacy-preserving tools themselves. The technology industry and the tech community can and must do more to secure the private data of the billions of people who rely on the tools and services that we build.

"Edward Snowden's revelations have launched a historic debate about surveillance practices and democratic controls, in which all three branches of government are actively and publicly engaging. But the technology community has too often been left out of the debate. It's time to fix that."

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Edward Snowden To Speak Via Video Link At SXSW Conference

SURVEILLANCE WHISTLEBLOWER Edward Snowden will appear before an audience via a live video link for the first time at next week's South by Southwest (SXSW) technology conference.

Snowden will be hosted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and he'll be talking with ACLU technology leader Christopher Soghoian and Ben Wizner, a First Amendment advocate and director of the ACLU speech, privacy and technology project.

SXSW Interactive takes place in Austin, Texas, but the event will be lived streamed on Monday and shared online by the ACLU. While Edward Snowden's actions have caused much debate, but people have been denied the chance to hear him speak about his experiences first hand.

"Our communications are not secure. Our telephone calls, emails, texts, and web browsing activity are largely transmitted without any encryption, making it easy for governments to intercept them, in bulk. Likewise, the mobile devices, apps, and web browsers that we use do not protect our data. In many cases, they intentionally give it to third party companies as part of the sprawling online advertising ecosystem. This only makes the NSA's task easier," reads the SXSW introduction to Snowden's session.

"Join us for a conversation... focused on the impact of the NSA's spying efforts on the technology community, and the ways in which technology can help to protect us from mass surveillance. Edward Snowden's revelations have launched a historic debate about surveillance practices and democratic controls, in which all three branches of government are actively and publicly engaging. But the technology community has too often been left out of the debate. It's time to fix that."

The ACLU will take part in three other presentations at the event, one about pushing back against snoopers, another about how spy movies are the new reality, and a third on how to protect yourself against surveillance. They all sound dandy.

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Edward Snowden to talk NSA spying and security at SXSW

OSLO: US whistleblower Edward Snowden, Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among the nominees for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, as the Nobel Institute announced on Tuesday a record 278 candidates.

"The number of nominations increases almost every year, which shows a growing interest in the prize," the head of the institute, Geir Lundestad, told AFP.

The Nobel committee convened on Tuesday for the first time this year to examine the candidate list and will announce the laureate in Oslo on October 10.

Even though the list is kept secret for at least 50 years, the sponsors can choose to reveal the name of their nominee.

Putin is thought to be on the list, since Russian figures proposed his name in October, citing his role in the Syrian crisis.

The former KGB agent is credited with averting a US attack against Syria by suggesting putting Bashar al-Assad's regime's chemical weapons arsenal under international control.

Being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize is relatively easy, since thousands of people can suggest candidates: lawmakers and ministers, university professors and former laureates.

At their first meeting, the five committee members themselves can add more names to the list.

The committee insists that being nominated does not imply an endorsement on its part.

Putin's chances of winning the prize appear limited given the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

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