I personally do, he actually risked his life to release information about the government spying on people. And there are for sure more advanced ways now. Even your phone is listening.

  • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    311·
    16 days ago

    FWIW, his passport was revoked while on a layover in Russia from Hong Kong to Cuba for an intended final destination of Ecuador. This is what caused him to seek asylum in Russia because that was his only option. His involvement with wikileaks during this time is suspicious knowing what we know now, but it seems to me he either got stuck in Russia because of the US or because of Wikileaks, and he didn’t knowingly have a relationship with Russia before getting stuck there.

      • edible_funk@sh.itjust.works
        41·
        15 days ago

        That they were/are pretty pro Russia and have uncritically disseminated Russian agitprop intended to destabilize the US.

        • tar@lemmy.zip
          2·
          15 days ago

          i don’t think it’s true that they’re pro-russia, and if the agitprop was true, i don’t see the problem with disseminating it.

          • edible_funk@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            15 days ago

            As long as context is clearly explained and sources named I don’t disagree. But they’ve been less than reliable about that in the past. If you repeat propaganda (even if it’s more or less true) without explaining that it’s propaganda by providing relevant context then you are a propagandist.