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Snowden hails court victory over mass surveillance

Original: For five long years, governments have denied that global mass surveillance violates of your rights. And for five long ye

Edward Snowden announced that a court has ruled against governments that denied mass surveillance violated basic rights. Five years after his disclosures, legal campaigns challenging global spying programmes succeeded. Snowden credited activists and litigants who kept the cases alive, saying "don't thank me: thank all of those who never stopped fighting." Supporters are celebrating the ruling as a landmark for privacy rights.

Why now: A long-running legal challenge to government mass surveillance, prompted by Snowden's revelations, has finally succeeded in court.

Edward SnowdenEuropean Court of Human RightsBig Brother WatchNSAGCHQ

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• For five long years, governments have denied that global mass surveillance violates of your rights. And for five long years, we have chased them through the doors of every court. Today, we won. Don't thank me: thank all of those who never stopped fighting. · Snowden · 21.8K

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