Chelsea Manning, seen here during a talk on March 29, 2018. (Photo: Fredrik Lundhag/flickr/cc)
May 25, 2018
Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning said Thursday that government surveillance is "getting worse, especially in the United States," stressed the need for "community building," and underscored to a crowd, "You have power."
The 30-year-old former U.S. Army private, who exposed U.S. war crimes and is now running for a seat in the U.S. Senate in the 2018 Maryland Democratic primary, made the comments at Montreal's C2 technology conference, which ends Friday.
"The world that I feared in 2010 would exist ... has really played out and accelerated in its development when I was (in prison)," she said. "You see the intensity and the aggressiveness and the real authoritarian police forces that we have in the U.S. and how normal that is," the Globe and Mailreports her as saying.
"It looks like a U.S. military occupation," she said.
\u201cThank you Chelsea Manning for your support and activism. You are\u00a0true change maker and such an inspiration for all of us!\n#ChelseaManning #LGBTQIcon #LGBTQActivist #WhistleBlower #TransgenderAdvocate\u00a0#C2m18 #c2m18backstage @xychelsea\u201d— Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bouchard (@Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bouchard) 1527188846
Manning also said computer scientists should "consider the ethical implications of the technology that they are building and developing," adding, "Just because you can build a tool doesn't mean you should."
According to Manning, "We're going to have to do a lot of work as people, as a community, in our cities, to build a better world and offer an alternative."
Then-president Barack Obama commuted Manning's 35-year sentence in 2017.
After her release, Manning explained that she exposed the trove of military documents because she felt "a responsibility to the public ... we all have a responsibility."
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Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning said Thursday that government surveillance is "getting worse, especially in the United States," stressed the need for "community building," and underscored to a crowd, "You have power."
The 30-year-old former U.S. Army private, who exposed U.S. war crimes and is now running for a seat in the U.S. Senate in the 2018 Maryland Democratic primary, made the comments at Montreal's C2 technology conference, which ends Friday.
"The world that I feared in 2010 would exist ... has really played out and accelerated in its development when I was (in prison)," she said. "You see the intensity and the aggressiveness and the real authoritarian police forces that we have in the U.S. and how normal that is," the Globe and Mailreports her as saying.
"It looks like a U.S. military occupation," she said.
\u201cThank you Chelsea Manning for your support and activism. You are\u00a0true change maker and such an inspiration for all of us!\n#ChelseaManning #LGBTQIcon #LGBTQActivist #WhistleBlower #TransgenderAdvocate\u00a0#C2m18 #c2m18backstage @xychelsea\u201d— Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bouchard (@Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bouchard) 1527188846
Manning also said computer scientists should "consider the ethical implications of the technology that they are building and developing," adding, "Just because you can build a tool doesn't mean you should."
According to Manning, "We're going to have to do a lot of work as people, as a community, in our cities, to build a better world and offer an alternative."
Then-president Barack Obama commuted Manning's 35-year sentence in 2017.
After her release, Manning explained that she exposed the trove of military documents because she felt "a responsibility to the public ... we all have a responsibility."
Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning said Thursday that government surveillance is "getting worse, especially in the United States," stressed the need for "community building," and underscored to a crowd, "You have power."
The 30-year-old former U.S. Army private, who exposed U.S. war crimes and is now running for a seat in the U.S. Senate in the 2018 Maryland Democratic primary, made the comments at Montreal's C2 technology conference, which ends Friday.
"The world that I feared in 2010 would exist ... has really played out and accelerated in its development when I was (in prison)," she said. "You see the intensity and the aggressiveness and the real authoritarian police forces that we have in the U.S. and how normal that is," the Globe and Mailreports her as saying.
"It looks like a U.S. military occupation," she said.
\u201cThank you Chelsea Manning for your support and activism. You are\u00a0true change maker and such an inspiration for all of us!\n#ChelseaManning #LGBTQIcon #LGBTQActivist #WhistleBlower #TransgenderAdvocate\u00a0#C2m18 #c2m18backstage @xychelsea\u201d— Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bouchard (@Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Bouchard) 1527188846
Manning also said computer scientists should "consider the ethical implications of the technology that they are building and developing," adding, "Just because you can build a tool doesn't mean you should."
According to Manning, "We're going to have to do a lot of work as people, as a community, in our cities, to build a better world and offer an alternative."
Then-president Barack Obama commuted Manning's 35-year sentence in 2017.
After her release, Manning explained that she exposed the trove of military documents because she felt "a responsibility to the public ... we all have a responsibility."
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