Sections on democracy and privacy appear to be missing in Chinese edition of Permanent RecordEdward Snowden, a former US National Security Agency contractor and whistleblower, has said the Chinese version of his recently published autobiography has been censored.Snowden, who exposed massive US government surveillance programmes in 2013, posted on Twitter that parts of his book, Permanent Record, had been struck from the Chinese version published last week, in violation of his publishing agreement.The Chinese edition of my new book, #PermanentRecord, has just been censored. This violates the publishing agreement, so I`m going to resist it the way I know best: it`s time to blow the whistle. You can help. Here`s how: (THREAD) pic.twitter.com/FjvFFsrW4e Related: `They wanted me gone`: Edward Snowden tells of whistleblowing, his AI fears and six years in Russia Continue reading...
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