Drone racing is making its way into the mainstream.

Starting on Thursday, drone races are going to be on ESPN, Sky, and Europe's 7Sports network. The distribution deal comes after the Drone Racing League secured a $12 million investment led by RSE Ventures and Lux Capital.

DRL made a big splash for its first event at Sun Life Stadium (where the Miami Dolphins play), which will air on ESPN2 on Oct. 23. Business Insider attended the setup for its second race, airing Oct. 27, which took place inside a now-desolate mall in Hawthorne, California.

It featured drones ripping around the abandoned "post-apocalyptic" mall at 80 miles per hour.

"We just thought it would be a really cool place," said Nick Horbaczewski, the founder and CEO of Drone Racing League. "It feels post-apocalyptic already."

The mall sat abandoned for almost two decades, but we saw it transformed into a drone race track, with lighting, props, and viewing areas that gave it new life.

Here's what we saw inside.

The Hawthorne Plaza Mall has been abandoned for nearly two decades, so the outside looks a lot like what you might see on "The Walking Dead."

Though the inside isn't much better. Graffiti artists have had their run of the place for quite a while.

And it's fairly dangerous, since parts of it are literally crumbling away.

Twitch, the video game-streaming site Amazon bought for roughly $1 billion, has recently launched a new channel called "Social Eating"— a place where people can watch others eat food live.

If that sounds bizarre, you're not alone. Even Twitch CEO Emmett Shear admits he's not a big "social eating viewer." 

But there's a clear reason he's doing it.

For one, social eating is a real thing that's huge in South Korea. Called "Mokbang" in Korean, social eating has a massive following that's making some people make thousands of dollars every night by simply live-streaming themselves eat food.

And with Twitch growing in South Korea, Shear says he's seen strong demand for a separate social eating channel. Now the popularity is going beyond South Korea, with users from the US and Europe starting to embrace it as well, Shear said on stage at TechCrunch's Disrupt conference on Wednesday.

"We’ve actually seen a surprising amount of uptick in usage in the US and in Europe which I wouldn’t have predicted," Shear said.

Hunger for content

But the bigger goal may be related to Twitch's recent efforts to diversify its content. Although the vast majority of Twitch users are gamers who like watching others play games, there's growing thirst for other content as well, Shear says. It's why Twitch recently live-streamed the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, while opening up new creative channels where people can stream how to paint a picture or compose a song.

"The video game content we have isn’t going anywhere, and I think it’ll continue to be most of our content. But there’s just clear demand from both the creator side and the viewer side to consume this non-gaming content. We’re going to go meet our customers where they are, rather than have some idea in our head of what they should want, which I think is an easy mistake to make," Shear said.

Shear seems to see real potential in all the non-gaming channels popping-up on Twitch. In fact, he referred back to the early days of Twitch to explain where this could be headed in the future, during an interview with Bloomberg. He said:

"I remember starting Twitch, and me being really really interested in watching gaming and a lot of people said, ‘People watch other people play games on the internet? Who wants to do that?’

So I’m cautious about writing anything off because just because I don’t like it doesn’t mean there isn’t some group of people for whom this is going to be exciting. So I sort of view it as a wait and see mode. I think it could be huge."

And for those wondering, here's a video of what a "mokbang" looks like:

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Netflix has put pressure on the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) to suppress the practice of data caps by broadband internet service providers (ISPs), in a recently filed comment from the online video network, IB Times reports. 

Netflix has historically hit back against data caps, arguing that it limits consumers choice and infringes upon fair competition. 

The comment maintains that the low data cap and usage based models employed by ISPs violate Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which directs the FCC to judge “whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion." Netflix is focused on the following issues to present its opposition to data caps:

• Data caps discourage broadband usage, and video consumption. Data caps and usage based pricing raise the cost of an internet connection – either by placing a limit on, or assigning a price to, the amount of data users can consume – thereby discouraging consumers’ use of broadband. By extension, data caps specifically restrict video consumption, which accounts for the majority of downstream (downloaded) internet traffic. Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon Video top 2016’s  downstream traffic leaderboard, accounting for 35%, 18%, and 4% of downloaded data, respectively, according toSandvine.
• Video consumption is data-heavy, which compounds the issue. The average American watches 3.4 hours of television a day, according to June data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Watching this much TV on Netflix can use 10GB of data, while ultra HD quality can consume almost 24GB, according to Netflix. Accordingly, Netflix argues that a monthly minimum of 300 GB of data is required to meet the Internet TV needs of the average American, without consideration to other broadband activities, like web browsing and downloading games or apps. Comcast boosted its internet data allowances from 300GB to 1TB, and AT&T followed suit recently by upping data plans for its U-verse customers from 300GB to 1TB as well.
• Data caps could also infringe upon net neutrality principles. ISPs can use data caps to discriminate over content sources, and favor certain services over others. By zero-rating data traffic from their own video services and from partnering providers, ISPs can make data consumption across these networks effectively free. Services that are not exempted from zero-rated data, on the other hand, become relatively more expensive to access. This sometimes leads to content providers paying fees to ISPs in exchange for zero-rating traffic, much like the Comcast-Netflix streaming deal reached in 2014.
• Data caps don’t seem to have a legitimate technical purpose. Netflix cites a 2014report from the Government Accountability Office that found that “most fixed providers said that their networks do not face widespread congestion,” and that the “marginal costs of data delivery are low and falling.” This would mean that there's no real need for ISPs to impose data caps on traffic passing through their networks. In contrast, the FCC’s position is that pricing data on a marginal costs basis, according to the data consumption of heavy data users, would not be enough for the ISPs to recover their costs. This is despite the admission from Comcast’s VP of Internet Services had former 300-gigabyte data cap was a business policy, and not an engineering one.

Over the last few years, there’s been much talk about the “death of TV.” However, television is not dying so much as it's evolving: extending beyond the traditional television screen and broadening to include programming from new sources accessed in new ways.

It's strikingly evident that more consumers are shifting their media time away from live TV, while opting for services that allow them to watch what they want, when they want. Indeed, we are seeing a migration toward original digital video such as YouTube Originals, SVOD services such as Netflix, and live streaming on social platforms.

However, not all is lost for legacy media companies. Amid this rapidly shifting TV landscape, traditional media companies are making moves across a number of different fronts — trying out new distribution channels, creating new types of programming aimed at a mobile-first audience, and partnering with innovate digital media companies. In addition, cable providers have begun offering alternatives for consumers who may no longer be willing to pay for a full TV package.

Dylan Mortensen, senior research analyst for BI Intelligence, has compiled a detailed report on the future of TV that looks at how TV viewer, subscriber, and advertising trends are shifting, and where and what audiences are watching as they turn away from traditional TV. 

Here are some key points from the report:

• Increased competition from digital services like Netflix and Hulu as well as new hardware to access content are shifting consumers' attention away from live TV programming.
• Across the board, the numbers for live TV are bad. US adults are watching traditional TV on average 18 minutes fewer per day versus two years ago, a drop of 6%. In keeping with this, cable subscriptions are down, and TV ad revenue is stagnant.
• People are consuming more media content than ever before, but how they're doing so is changing. Half of US TV households now subscribe to SVOD services, like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu, and viewing of original digital video content is on the rise.
• Legacy TV companies are recognizing these shifts and beginning to pivot their business models to keep pace with the changes. They are launching branded apps and sites to move their programming beyond the TV glass, distributing on social platforms to reach massive, young audiences, and forming partnerships with digital media brands to create new content.
• The TV ad industry is also taking a cue from digital. Programmatic TV ad buying represented just 4% (or $2.5 billion) of US TV ad budgets in 2015 but is expected to grow to 17% ($10 billion) by 2019. Meanwhile, networks are also developing branded TV content, similar to publishers' push into sponsored content.

In full, the report: 

• Outlines the shift in consumer viewing habits, specifically the younger generation.
• Explores the rise of subscription streaming services and the importance of original digital video content.
• Breaks down ways in which legacy media companies are shifting their content and advertising strategies.
• And Discusses new technology that will more effectively measure audiences across screens and platforms. 

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Channel 4 chief creative officer Jay Hunt says the channel won't tamper with "The Great British Bake Off" when the show moves over from the BBC next year.

In a comment piece for The Daily Telegraph, she said: "'The Great British Bake Off' will have a safe home. The show of soggy bottoms and good crumb will be made by exactly the same team who have always made it. We love it just as it is."

However, while Hunt says the format will remain the same, not all of the talent is moving over to Channel 4. Presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins have already announced that they won't be involved with next year's show.

Hunt also argues in Thursday's article that bringing the show to Channel 4 stops it from going to a subscription service, such as Netflix or Sky.

"Bake Off risked coming off free to air television altogether," Hunt explained. "By bringing the show to 4, Love Productions have ensured it will be on a terrestrial channel for audiences to enjoy for years to come."

The chief creative officer added that"Bake Off," which is produced by Love Productions, "epitomises" Channel 4's values.

"Bake Off wasn’t created by 4 but it epitomises many of the values we were set up to promote. It’s high quality. Diverse. Inspiring. All attributes Channel 4 is tasked with delivering," she said.

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Pandora has rolled out a paid ad-free service called Pandora Plus, which gives you features the service has never had before, like unlimited song skipping, song “replays,” and offline listening. It costs $4.99 a month, and will replace the current plan at that price, whose main feature is ad-free listening.

Pandora Plus is one of two new plans Pandora has been prepping for months.

The other will cost $9.99 and let you pick from millions of songs on demand, like Spotify and Apple Music. That one hasn’t been released yet, probably because Pandora is still locking down its final deals with music labels. Earlier this week, Pandora announced it had finalized its on-demand deals with Universal and Sony. Of the big three music labels, all that remains is Warner, and once that's done, expect to see the on-demand plan make its grand entrance.

But for the time being, Pandora Plus offers to features fans have been begging for.

Replays

The first is “replays,” which allow you to go through your listening history and pick any song you want to play. That song will move to the front of your queue, and you can keep playing it as many times as you want.

If this sounds dangerously close to on-demand, that’s because it is.

“I wouldn’t call it on-demand,” Pandora VP of product Chris Becherer told Business Insider. But he did admit it’s beyond the basic functions of internet radio. That’s why those direct deals with the major labels were so important — without them, Pandora wouldn't have been able to launch this feature, Becherer said. But some songs might not be available to replay — namely ones that don’t have their licensing deals nailed down.

You can also replay songs on Pandora’s ad-supported free tier, but you have to listen to a 15-second video ad first. When you do so, Pandora will give you a “handful” of replays, which you can use until they run out. Pandora is testing different bundle sizes.

Offline

The second feature Pandora is rolling out is "offline listening."

One of the great things about services like Spotify and Apple Music is that you can save songs on your phone to listen to when you don’t have service — like when you’re on the subway, for instance. Pandora didn’t have that, but now you can get it for $4.99 per month with Plus.

Becherer said Pandora wanted offline listening to be simple and effortless, but that also means you don’t get a lot of choice.

Pandora will save four stations for you, including your “Thumbprint Radio,” and other ones its algorithm thinks you will probably want to listen to. The Pandora app will work in the background to keep these stations “fresh,” but only over wifi, so it won’t drain your data plan (unless you specifically set it to work on cellular as well).

The big gripe with this feature is going to be that you can’t choose exactly which stations you want to save for offline, and that it won't automatically save the station you're listening to currently. Becherer said the team was concerned about the data drain of that, and he contends that most people use Pandora in more of a lean-back way.

Skipping

The other feature Pandora is introducing is unlimited skipping on Pandora Plus, well as the ability to receive a “package” of skips by watching a 15-second video ad on the free version (similar to the replay feature).  

Pandora hopes the Pandora Plus “mid-tier” product will grab people who love Pandora, but want added functionality. The service does have over 100 million users to pitch this to, the vast majority of which use the free service today.

The company will roll these changes out gradually over the next month.

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NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke is one of the most powerful people in the TV business, but his own kids don't pay for traditional TV.

Burke has five "millennial" children, ages 19 to 28, and exactly "none" subscribe to cable or satellite, he said at a conference on Wednesday.

Five!

Analyst Rich Greenfield, who is pessimistic about the future of cable, relayed the anecdote to Business Insider.

There has been a lot of debate in the last few years about "cord-cutting," with some people saying it's a narrative sensationalized by the media, and others seeing it as the inevitable preference of younger generations.

But there has been some recent evidence that the decline of cable is not a myth.

"It's undeniable that traditional pay-TV subscribers are in decline," Sling TV CEO Roger Lynch told Business Insider in a recent interview. Lynch is a biased source, as his company is positioned to take advantage of people's frustration with the current cable system. But the subscriber losses in pay TV he highlighted are fact. They totaled over 800,000 last quarter, according to the research firm SNL Kagan.

Companies from Hulu to AT&T to Amazon are reportedly readying TV products designed to snag young people who watch a lot of video, but don't want the traditional cable bundle.

Perhaps Burke's kids are among them.

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Trevor Noah delivered a smackdown on Donald Trump in a rapid-fire and profanity-laden video posted online.

In what "The Daily Show" host calls a "Viral Rant," the South African-born comedian explained why he has had enough of Trump's take on immigrants and minorities.

"The greatest country in the world is the country that accepts people who come in from everywhere in the world, Mr. Donald Trump," Noah said. "And I know you think that half the country is a basket of deportables. Yeah, I said it, 'deportables,' not 'deplorables.' But the good people of America know the greatest country in the world is the country where you can come in and create anything.”

Noah then went on to explain that Apple cofounder Steve Jobs was the son of a migrant.

"You know what came from Syria? The iPhone came from Syria, Donald Trump," Noah said. "The same iPhone you tweet s--- about the refugees on. Every time you tweet with those fat, little fingers of yours, you should be saying thank you to them for giving you that same phone."

Noah continued to hammer away at Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign slogan, asking how he intends to to do that when the country is already great.

"The fact that a South African could be sitting in this chair that was once run by an American and can be telling you all of this," he pointed out. "This proves how great this country is."

Noah also reminded the candidate, "You got your wife from a foreign country, Mr. Donald Trump."

The host then ended his tirade with one more point on Trump's view of minorities.

"You have a problem with people of color," he said. "Maybe, you should look in the mirror, a--hole, because you have the most color of all."

Watch the full "Viral Rant" below:

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Apple has shut down rumors that it is interested in buying Jay Z's music streaming service, Tidal.

“We’re really running our own race,” music business heavyweight Jimmy Iovine, who runs Apple Music, told BuzzFeed. “We’re not looking to acquire any streaming services.”

In June, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple was "in talks" with Tidal about a possible acquisition. Then in July, Kanye West fanned the rumor flames by tweeting this: "Apple give Jay his check for Tidal now and stop tying to act like you Steve [Jobs]."

An Apple/Tidal deal would make sense in the context of securing Apple more exclusives, which have been a central piece of both Apple Music and Tidal's strategy.

But rival Spotify has declared they are bad for artists and fans alike, and the winds may be changing to Spotify's side of the debate.

Universal's CEO reportedly sent a memo in August to stop giving anyone — Spotify, Apple Music, and so on — long-term exclusives. This was big news, considering Universal is a major label that has provided Apple Music with many of its blockbuster exclusives, like Drake.

Show me the money

If exclusives aren't the way of the future, or Apple doesn't think Tidal and Jay Z's pull is worth it, there seems to be little other reason for the company to buy it.

Tidal lost $28 million last year, according to a legal filing reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. That's twice as much as it lost in the year before Jay Z took control of Aspiro, Tidal's Swedish holding company. In 2015, Aspiro lost 239 million Swedish kronor, while in 2014, it lost 88.9 million. Tidal has also reportedly failed to pay over 100 outstanding bills.

And Apple wouldn't exactly be buying a massive user base. Tidal said that, as of June, it had 4.2 million paid subscribers. That is well behind Spotify's 40 million (September) and Apple Music's 17 million (September).

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The 2016 Emmy Awards go down this Sunday. There are some exciting competitions this year and a lot of questions to be answered.

For example, will Julia Louis-Dreyfus become the first person to win five Emmys in the comedy actress category? Or will another talented woman break her winning streak?

Plus, who will take up the mantle in the best drama actor category now that Jon Hamm, Bryan Cranston, and Jeff Daniels aren't in the running? Aside from "Bloodline" star Kyle Chandler, the field is packed with men who have never been nominated before.

And finally, which talk show will take over now that Jon Stewart has moved on?

Business Insider sized up the nominees — here's who we think will win this weekend:

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Outstanding drama series

Will win: "Game of Thrones"
Could win: "The Americans"

This was the first season of HBO's "Game of Thrones" that surpassed the story in the novels. Faced with that challenge, the show took lots of risks, measured out how much it would give in to fans' wishes, injected humor into an otherwise dark time, and ended with a huge, fan-pleasing battle. A win here is pretty much a guarantee.

That said, "The Americans" has been a longtime critical favorite and was just nominated for the first time in the drama category after coming out of a very strong season. It remains to be seen if the Television Academy will want to honor it this year to make up for years of snubs.

Outstanding lead actor in a drama series

Will win: Rami Malek, "Mr. Robot"
Could win: Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul"

With Emmy favorites like Jon Hamm and Bryan Cranston out of the running, there's room for a new leading man to take the statue. Rami Malek has proven to be a critic favorite for playing a delusional hacker on USA Network's "Mr. Robot."

Kevin Spacey has yet to win in this category for Netflix's "House of Cards," but the show's last season wasn't its strongest and actually leaned toward highlighting his costar Robin Wright. And Bob Odenkirk has a strong claim to the statue for his transformative performance on "Better Call Saul." But the Television Academy will probably give Malek the edge.

Outstanding lead actress in a drama series

Will win: Robin Wright, "House of Cards"
Could win: Keri Russell, "The Americans"

The last season of "House of Cards" was dripping with thirst for an Emmy win for Robin Wright. It definitely did all it could to give Wright a fighting chance at the award, as she delivered a Claire Underwood dead set on exerting her independence from Kevin Spacey's Frank Underwood. The Television Academy definitely noticed and will probably hand her the award.

Her toughest competition will arrive with "The Americans" star Keri Russell, who is nominated for the first time in this category. If anything gives her the edge, it's the recent return to talk about the series after four seasons. The members of the Television Academy may want to show that they're not as out of touch as people think.

As Donald Trump continues to withhold his tax returns from the public, Seth Meyers decided to zero in on the Republican presidential candidate's charitable record on Wednesday's "Late Night."

In his latest "A Closer Look" segment, Meyers started with established what seems to be a history of Trump stiffing others. One example involves young singers who are suing the mogul for alleged nonpayment after performing at one his campaign rallies.

"Donald Trump stiffed the USA Freedom Kids," the host said. "Trump is being sued by a group of children, because he won't pay them. Think of how sad that is. Right now, the USA Freedom Kids are at home trying to find words that rhyme with subpoena."

To further establish Trump's history of nonpayment, Meyers referred to Trump's DC policy office. Former staffers said that they were "used and abused," but that the office began to really fall apart when promised checks never arrived, as the Washington Post uncovered.

Meyers then moved on to examining Trump's philanthropy claims, especially through his charitable foundation. What he found was that Trump apparently hasn't even given to his Trump Foundation in years, but definitely takes from it. First off, he charges other charities to use Trump facilities. According to one report, the foundation charged the Palm Beach Police Foundation more than $500,000 over two years for using a ballroom at one of Trump's hotels.

"When has anybody ever been paid half a million dollars just for holding two balls?" asked the host — as a photo of Trump's wife, Melania Trump, appeared on-screen — and Meyers feigned annoyance at his staff. "Oh, come on! Guys, no."

Even more incriminating is Trump's use of foundation donations to buy things for himself. For example, he reportedly bought a six-foot portrait of himself with $20,000 in funds earmarked for charitable purchases. Meyers then pointed out that he already had a large portrait of himself.

"Who needs two giant paintings of themselves?" Meyers said. "When I check into a hotel, I feel bad for asking for two key cards."

That's not the only thing Trump reportedly purchased using foundation money.

"For everybody who thinks Trump's going to turn the economy around because he's a brilliant businessman," Meyers said, "he spent money on a helmet signed by Tim Tebow, who is currently playing a different sport."

Watch Meyers examine Trump's charitable history below:

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Chance the Rapper is partnering with the NAACP to bring voter registration to the US dates on his new Magnificent Coloring World Tour. 

The 23-year-old artist announced his participation in the NAACP's "#staywokeandvote" campaign on Twitter Wednesday, and the NAACP account retweeted the news with a reference to the rapper's song "How Great."

"Chance the Rapper is an artist whose music praises and lifts up our common humanity, and whose call for action speaks to the yearning of this moment," NAACP president and CEO Cornell William Brooks said in a statement. "This year, more than it has in a generation, we must use the power of our voices and our votes and exercise our sacred right to vote." 

Chance is no stranger to using his visibility for socially conscious ends. Last week, he made headlines for taking back nearly 2,000 scalper tickets to his Chicago festival in order to make the tickets available for fans at a reasonable price. 

The Magnificent Coloring World Tour kicks off Thursday night in San Diego. It will end on January 1 in Sydney, Australia. 

Watch Chance perform his single "No Problem" on "Ellen" below:

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Even though blockbuster game "Grand Theft Auto V" is three years old, some players are making it look better than ever.

Just look at this madness:

How's this possible? Simple! Take the PC version of the game and apply a single modification. Check it:

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Once the modification is applied, the entire game looks dramatically prettier. Everything from the jet below....

To this sun-drenched vista:

To this overhead shot of Los Santos at night. The city is alive with activity!

Edward Snowden came to Hollywood Wednesday night, although via webcam.

The American NSA whistleblower, who's currently living in Russia, joined a Q&A for a screening in New York City of the new Oliver Stone-directed film "Snowden," about Snowden's life and his decision to leak NSA documents in 2013 exposing the extent of government surveillance on private citizens.

The real Snowden joined Stone, star Joseph Gordon-Levitt (playing Snowden in the film), Shailene Woodley (playing Snowden's girlfriend Lindsay Mills, who has joined him in Russia), and interviewer Matt Zoller Seitz in a conversation that was telecast in theaters across the country.

At one point, Seitz said to Snowden, "There are still people who hear your story and respond, 'Well, you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. If you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.'" In other words, the thinking sometimes goes, surveillance is necessary for national security and shouldn't concern law-abiding citizens.

When asked what he says to that argument, Snowden gave a lengthy and passionate response taking down exactly that kind of thinking.

"The common argument we have — if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear — the origins of that are literally Nazi propaganda," Snowden said. (Note: While the quote is widely attributed to Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, its exact origins appear to be unclear.)

"So when we hear modern politicians, modern people repeating that reflexively without confronting its origins, what it really stands for, I think that's harmful," he continued.

Snowden also said that the "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" argument "doesn't make sense." He believe privacy is in fact the "fountainhead" of rights, from which other freedoms flow.

"Because privacy isn’t about something to hide. Privacy is about something to protect. That’s who you are," he said. "Privacy is baked into our language, our core concepts of government and self in every way. It’s why we call it 'private property.' Without privacy you don’t have anything for yourself."

When people tell him they don't fear surveillance because they have nothing to hide, Snowden says he tells them: "Arguing that you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is like arguing that you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say."

Read Snowden's full remarks about privacy below:

"One of the most important things I think we all have a duty collectively in society to think about is when we’re directed to think a certain way and accept a certain argument reflexively without actually tackling it.

"The common argument we have — if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear — the origins of that are literally Nazi propaganda. This is not to equate the actions of our current government to the Nazis, but that is the literal origin of that quote. It's from the Minister of Propahganda Joseph Goebbels.

"So when we hear modern politicians, modern people repeating that reflexively without confronting its origins, what it really stands for, I think that's harmful.

"And if we actually think about it, it doesn’t make sense. Because privacy isn’t about something to hide. Privacy is about something to protect. That’s who you are. That's what you believe in. Privacy is the right to a self. Privacy is what gives you the ability to share with the world who you are on your own terms. For them to understand what you’re trying to be and to protect for yourself the parts of you you’re not sure about, that you’re still experimenting with.

"If we don’t have privacy, what we’re losing is the ability to make mistakes, we’re losing the ability to be ourselves. Privacy is the fountainhead of all other rights. Freedom of speech doesn’t have a lot of meaning if you can’t have a quiet space, a space within yourself, your mind, your community, your friends, your family, to decide what it is you actually want to say.

"Freedom of religion doesn’t mean that much if you can’t figure out what you actually believe without being influenced by the criticisms of outside direction and peer pressure. And it goes on and on.

"Privacy is baked into our language, our core concepts of government and self in every way. It’s why we call it 'private property.' Without privacy you don’t have anything for yourself.

"So when people say that to me I say back, arguing that you don’t care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is like arguing that you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say."

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Lady Gaga announced the release date of her new studio album, and revealed its name, during an interview with Beats 1's Zane Lowe today, Pitchfork reports. 

The album is titled "Joanne," and it will be out October 21 through Interscope Records' Streamline imprint. 

"Joanne" is Gaga's fourth studio album and first since the release of 2013's "ARTPOP."

The album's lead single, "Perfect Illusion," which features production from Mark Ronson and Tame Impala's Kevin Parker, is reportedly headed for a top 20 debut on the Billboard 100 chart following its release last Friday.

"Joanne" will also reportedly feature a number of prominent artists, including Beck, Father John Misty, Florence Welch (of Florence + The Machine), and Josh Homme (of Queens of the Stone Age), who plays guitar on "Perfect Illusion."

Listen to "Perfect Illusion" below:

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There is a new "South Park" game coming out. And since "South Park" (the show) looks the way it does, the game looks exactly like it.

The game is (amazingly) called, "South Park: The Fractured But Whole." Maybe don't read that one too quickly out loud.

Unfortunately, despite plans to launch the game this holiday on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC, the game just got pushed back to 2017.

It's now scheduled for arrival in the first three months of 2017, missing the holiday season.

So, what happened? It's not clear, unfortunately, but the game's publisher issued the following (vague) statement: "The development team wants to make sure the game experience meets the high expectations of fans and the additional time will help them achieve this goal." Okay then! 

Notably, the new "South Park" game is essentially a spiritual continuation of the last "South Park" game (seen below).

In "South Park: The Stick of Truth," you also controlled a so-called "new kid" to South Park who went on "Final Fantasy-esque" quests with "South Park" staple characters like Kyle and Kenny. 

And in "South Park: The Fractured But Whole" you'll take on a similar role, only told through the scope of superheroes instead of a fantasy genre. 

Wanna know even more? Check out the latest trailer for it right here!

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Entertainment mogul Jay Z is calling the war on drugs an "epic fail."

In a four-minute video for the New York Times, the legendary rapper said that the fight to get drugs out of our communities (the "war on drugs" tag was created by Richard Nixon in 1971) has done nothing but hurt minorities in the county over the decades.

“Judges' hands were tied by tough-on-crime laws, and they were forced to hand out mandatory life sentences for simple possession and low-level drug sales. My home state of New York started this with Rockefeller Laws. Then the feds made distinctions from people who sold powder cocaine and crack cocaine, even though they were the same drug. The only difference is how you take it," he said in the video.  

Jay Z noted that the war on drugs has caused an increase in the prison population among minorities. Back in 1971, around 200,000 Latinos and African-Americans were incarcerated for drug arrests. Today that figure is 2 million. 

"Even though white people used the sold crack more than black people, somehow it was black people that went to prison. The media ignore actual data to this day," he said. "Crack is still talked about as a black problem. The NYPD raided our Brooklyn neighborhoods while Manhattan bankers openly used coke with impunity."

Jay Z has openly talked about how he dealt drugs as a teenager to make money.

Watch the entire video from Jay Z here:

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If you've ever wondered what TV shows your home state is most fascinated by, IMDb has some answers.

With the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards coming up on Sunday night, the entertainment database site has compiled a list of each state's favorite comedy and drama series — selected from the total 14 programs nominated in the outstanding drama series and outstanding comedy series categories at this year's Emmys. 

IMDb culled its search data to find the two series in these Emmy categories that "over-index in popularity" for each state when compared to the U.S.

Some results are fascinating — like North Dakota and Wyoming's unexpected, undying love for HBO's "Silicon Valley." But more than anything, this list serves as further evidence of the cultural dominance of HBO's "Game of Thrones," which recently became the most decorated drama series in Emmys history.

Check out your state's favorite comedy and drama series:

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ALABAMA

Comedy: "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"

Drama: "Mr. Robot"

ALASKA

Comedy: "Master of None"

Drama: "Mr. Robot"

ARIZONA

Comedy: "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"

Drama: "House of Cards"

By far, the most annoying thing about Pokémon Go is that you need to have the app open on your phone to make any progress in the game.

If you tab away from the game to answer an email or check Facebook, for even a few minutes, you're not accruing the vital walking distance you need to hatch and power up your Pokémon.

Good news, then, for those who are willing to shell out for Nintendo's $35 Pokémon Go Plus accessory, which launches on Friday: Nintendo confirms with Business Insider that so long as you're wearing the Plus, your step count will increase even when the app is in the background on your phone.

"Even while Pokémon Go is operating in the background, the walking distance needed to hatch eggs or get candies is reflected," says a Nintendo spokesperson.

That's a pretty big plus for the Plus. Additionally, the Pokémon Go Plus will actually automatically catch (or try to catch) Pokémon for you as you pass by, as well as automatically trigger Pokéstops. All you have to do is walk around the real world, and the Pokémon Go Plus will take care of most of the game's busywork for you. 

It doesn't totally replace the act of playing the game for you. Niantic, the developer of Pokémon Go, has said that it won't capture Pokémon for you that you haven't already encountered in the wild, meaning you still have to pay attention to the game if you're on the hunt for something really rare. 

And, naturally, it won't compete in gym battles on your behalf. So there's still stuff for you to do.

But Niantic CEO John Hanke has said the point of Pokémon Go is to encourage people to explore the real world and make friends. Removing the need to pay attention to your phone's screen to play the most tedious parts of the game seems like a big step towards that goal — which is also why the game is coming to the Apple Watch, too.

If this made you want a Pokémon Go Plus, though, there's some bad news: It's been back-ordered since it first went up for preorder around the game's July launch.

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The biggest honor in entertainment isn't TV's Emmy, or Broadway's Tony, music's Grammy, or even film's Oscar. It's all four together: the EGOT.

That grand combination of Hollywood's greatest performance prizes is called the EGOT as an acronym representing all four of the above awards. It's a rare and amazing feat. Arguably, it's the only actual measurement of an all-around performer. It's also referred to as "the Grand Slam" of American entertainment.

The feat is so difficult to achieve that only 12 people are on the list of EGOT winners, including Whoopi Goldberg, Mel Brooks, Audrey Hepburn, Mike Nichols, and Rita Moreno.

About five others may also claim to be unofficial EGOT winners, because one or more of their wins were honorary awards rather than given in a competition against others. Those five are Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, James Earl Jones, Alan Menken, and Harry Belafonte.

According to Vanity Fair, "Miami Vice" actor Philip Michael Thomas coined "EGOT" and popularized it by wearing a gold medallion around his neck with the acronym emblazoned onto the medallion in the mid-'80s.

"Hopefully in the next five years, I will win all of those awards," an overconfident Thomas reportedly told an interviewer in 1984.

That's as close as Thomas would ever get to the phrase, as he hasn't won even one of the awards represented on his medallion. But thanks for naming the achievement, Philip! 

He isn't alone is having EGOT ambition, of course. Currently, there are about 70 performers who are or had been (in the case of the deceased) one award away from achieving EGOT status, including Julie Andrews, Cher, Kate Winslet, Al Pacino, Elton John, Cyndi Lauper, and Lily Tomlin.

Here's a list of current EGOT winners from Wikipedia:

• Richard Rodgers
• Helen Hayes
• Rita Moreno
• John Gielgud
• Audrey Hepburn
• Marvin Hamlisch
• Jonathan Tunick
• Mel Brooks
• Mike Nichols
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Scott Rudin
• Robert Lopez

And EGOT winners including non-competitive or special awards:

• Barbra Streisand
• Liza Minnelli
• James Earl Jones
• Alan Menken
• Harry Belafonte

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In June 2013, The Guardian reported the first leak based on top-secret documents that then 29-year-old Edward Snowden stole from the National Security Agency. At the time, Snowden worked as an intelligence contractor for Booz Allen Hamilton in Hawaii.

That leak would certainly not be the last. In the years since, journalists have released more than 7,000 top-secret documents that Snowden entrusted them with, which some believe is less than 1% of the entire archive.

Now, with the film "Snowden" premiering Friday, it's worth taking a look back at what secrets Snowden actually revealed. We've compiled every single leak that came out in the first year of the Snowden saga, though there were many more that came later.

Snowden downloaded up to 1.5 million files, according to national intelligence officials, before jetting from Hawaii to Hong Kong to meet with journalists Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras. After he handed off his treasure trove of documents, he flew from Hong Kong and later became stranded in Moscow. His future was far from certain, as the journalists he trusted started revealing his secrets.

Here is everything that Snowden's leaks revealed between 2013 and 2014:

• With a top-secret court order, the NSA collected the telephone records from millions of Verizon customers. — June 6, 2013

• The NSA accessed and collected data through back doors into US internet companies such as Google and Facebook with a program called Prism. — June 7, 2013

• An 18-page presidential memo shows Obama ordering intelligence officials to draw up a list of overseas targets for cyberattacks. — June 7, 2013

• Documents reveal the NSA's Boundless Informant program, which gives the agency near real-time ability to understand how much intelligence coverage there is on certain areas through use of a "heat map." — June 8, 2013

• The NSA was hacking computers in Hong Kong and mainland China, few of which were military systems. — June 13, 2013

• Britain's GCHQ (its intelligence agency) intercepted phone and internet communications of foreign politicians attending two G-20 meetings in London in 2009. — June 16, 2013

• Top-secret procedures show steps the NSA must take to target and collect data from "non-US persons" and how it must minimize data collected on US citizens. — June 20, 2013

• Britain's GCHQ taps fiber-optic cables to collect and store global email messages, Facebook posts, internet histories, and calls, and then shares the data with the NSA. — June 21, 2013

• The NSA has a program codenamed EvilOlive that collects and stores large quantities of Americans' internet metadata, which contains only certain information about online content. Email metadata, for example, reveals the sender and recipient addresses and time but not content or subject. — June 27, 2013

• Until 2011, the Obama administration permitted the NSA's continued collection of vast amounts of Americans' email and internet metadata under a Bush-era program called Stellar Wind. — June 27, 2013

• The US government bugged the offices of the European Union in New York, Washington, and Brussels. — June 29, 2013

• The US government spies on at least 38 foreign embassies and missions, using a variety of electronic surveillance methods. — June 30, 2013

• The NSA spies on millions of phone calls, emails, and text messages of ordinary German citizens. — June 30, 2013

• Using a program called Fairview, the NSA intercepts internet and phone-call data of Brazilian citizens. — July 6, 2013

• Monitoring stations set up in Australia and New Zealand help feed data back to NSA's XKeyscore program. — July 6, 2013

• The NSA conducts surveillance on citizens in a number of Latin American countries, including Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, and others. The agency also sought information on oil, energy, and trade. — July 9, 2013

• The Washington Post publishes a new slide detailing NSA's "Upstream" program of collecting communications from tech companies through fiber-optic cables to then feed into its Prism database. — July 10, 2013

• Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, BND, helps contribute data to the NSA's XKeyscore program. — July 20, 2013

• NSA analysts, using the XKeyscore program, can search through enormous databases of emails, online chats, and browsing histories of targets. — July 31, 2013

• The US government paid Britain's GCHQ roughly $155 million over three years to gain access and influence over its spying programs. — August 1, 2013

• Seven of the world's leading telecommunications companies provide GCHQ with secret, unlimited access to their network of undersea cables. — August 2, 2013

• The NSA provided surveillance to US diplomats in order to give them the upper hand in negotiations at the UN Summit of the Americas. — August 2, 2013

• The NSA sifts through vast amounts of Americans' email and text communications going in and out of the country. — August 8, 2013

• Internal NSA document reveals an agency "loophole" that allows a secret backdoor for the agency to search its databases for US citizens' emails and phone calls without a warrant. — August 9, 2013

• NSA collection on Japan is reportedly maintained at the same priority as France and Germany. — August 12, 2013

• The NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, according to an internal audit. — August 15, 2013

• NSA analysts revealed to have sometimes spied on love interests, with the practice common enough to have coined the term LOVEINT, or love intercepts. (It was unclear whether this report came from Snowden docs.) — August 23, 2013

• Britain runs a secret internet-monitoring station in the Middle East to intercept emails, phone calls, and web traffic, The Independent reports, citing Snowden documents. Snowden denies giving The Independent any documents, alleging the UK government leaked them in an attempt to discredit him. — August 23, 2013

• The top-secret US intelligence "black budget" is revealed for 2013, with 16 spy agencies having a budget of $52.6 billion. — August 29, 2013

• Expanding upon data gleaned from the "black budget," the NSA is found to be paying hundreds of millions of dollars each year to US companies for access to their networks. — August 29, 2013

• The US carried out 231 offensive cyberattacks in 2011. — August 30, 2013

• The NSA hacked into Qatar-based media network Al Jazeera's internal communications system. — August 31, 2013

• The NSA spied on former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto (then a candidate). — September 1, 2013

• Using a "man in the middle" attack, NSA spied on Google, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications, and the Brazilian oil company Petrobras. — September 2, 2013

• A US intelligence "black budget" reveals Al Qaeda's effort to jam, hack, and/or shoot down US surveillance drones. — September 3, 2013

• A joint investigation by ProPublica, The New York Times, and The Guardian finds the NSA is winning its war against internet encryption with supercomputers, technical know-how, and court orders. — September 5, 2013

• The NSA has the ability to access user data for most major smartphones on the market, including Apple iPhones, BlackBerrys, and Google Android phones. — September 7, 2013

• The NSA shares raw intelligence data (with information about American citizens) to Israel with an information-sharing agreement. — September 11, 2013

• The NSA monitors banks and credit institutions for a comprehensive database that can track the global flow of money. — September 16, 2013

• Britain's GCHQ launched a cyberattack against Belgacom, a partly state-owned Belgian telecommunications company. — September 20, 2013

• The NSA spies on Indian diplomats and other officials in an effort to gain insight into the country's nuclear and space programs. — September 23, 2013

• The NSA's internal "wiki" website characterizes political and legal opposition to drone attacks as part of "propaganda campaigns" from America's "adversaries." — September 25, 2013

• Since 2010, the NSA has used metadata augmented with other data from public, commercial, and other sources to create sophisticated graphs that map Americans' social connections. — September 28, 2013

• The NSA stores a massive amount of internet metadata from internet users, regardless of whether they are being targeted, for up to one year in a database called Marina. — September 30, 2013

• The NSA and GCHQ worked together to compromise the anonymous web-browsing Tor network. — October 4, 2013

• Canada's signals intelligence agency, CSEC, spied on phone and computer networks of Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy and shared the information with the "Five Eyes" intelligence services of the US, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand. — October 7, 2013

• The NSA collected more than 250 million email contact lists from services such as Yahoo and Gmail. — October 14, 2013

• NSA surveillance was revealed to play a key role in targeting for overseas drone strikes. — October 16, 2013

• The NSA spied on French citizens, companies, and diplomats, and monitored communications at France's embassy in Washington and its UN office in New York. — October 21, 2013

• The NSA tapped the mobile phone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. — October 23, 2013

• The NSA spied on Italian citizens, companies, and government officials. — October 24, 2013

• The NSA monitored the phone calls of 35 world leaders and encouraged other government agencies to share their "Rolodexes" of foreign politicians so it could monitor them. — October 25, 2013

• The NSA spied on Spanish leaders and citizens. — October 25, 2013

• The NSA stations surveillance teams at 80 locations around the world. — October 27, 2013

• A joint program between the NSA and Britain's GCHQ called Muscular infiltrates and copies data flowing out of Yahoo and Google's overseas data centers. One slide boasted of "SSL added and removed here!" with a smiley face. — October 30, 2013

• The NSA spied on the Vatican. (The Panorama website did not cite Snowden as the source.) — October 30, 2013

One slide boasted of "SSL added and removed here!" with a smiley face.

• Australia's intelligence service has surveillance teams stationed in Australian embassies around Asia and the Pacific. — October 31, 2013

• One document reveals tech companies play a key role in NSA intelligence reports and data collection. — November 1, 2013

• Britain's GCHQ and other European spy agencies work together to conduct mass surveillance. — November 1, 2013

• Strategic missions of the NSA are revealed, which include combatting terrorism and nuclear proliferation, as well as pursuing US diplomatic and economic advantage. — November 2, 2013

• Australia's Defense Signals Directorate and the NSA worked together to spy on Indonesia during a UN climate change conference in 2007. — November 2, 2013

• The NSA spied on OPEC. — November 11, 2013

• GCHQ monitored the booking systems of 350 high-end hotels with a program called Royal Concierge, which sniffed for booking confirmations sent to diplomatic email addresses that would be flagged for further surveillance. — November 17, 2013

• Australia's DSD spied on the cellphones of top Indonesian officials, including the president, first lady, and several cabinet ministers. — November 18, 2013

• The NSA spied on millions of cellphone calls in Norway in one 30-day period. — November 19, 2013

• The British government struck a secret deal with the NSA to share phone, internet, and email records of UK citizens. — November 20, 2013

• A NSA strategy document reveals the agency's goal to acquire data from "anyone, anytime, anywhere" and expand its already broad legal powers. — November 22, 2013

• The NSA infected more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide with malware designed to steal sensitive information. — November 23, 2013

• The NSA gathers evidence of visits to pornographic websites as part of a plan to discredit Muslim jihadists. — November 26, 2013

• Working with Canadian intelligence, the NSA spied on foreign diplomats at the G-8 and G-20 summits in Toronto in 2010. — November 28, 2013

• The Netherlands' intelligence service gathers data on web-forum users and shares it with the NSA. — November 30, 2013

• A draft document reveals Australia offered to share information collected on ordinary Australian citizens with the NSA and other "Five Eyes" partners. — December 1, 2013

• The NSA siphons billions of foreign cellphone location records into its database. — December 4, 2013

• Widespread spying is revealed in Italy, with the NSA spying on ordinary Italians as well as diplomats and political leaders. — December 5, 2013

• Swedish intelligence was revealed to be spying on Russian leaders, then passing it on to the NSA. — December 5, 2013

• A document reveals the extent of the relationship between NSA and Canadian counterparts, which includes information-sharing and Canada allowing NSA analysts access to covert sites it sets up. — December 9, 2013

• Intelligence operatives with NSA and GCHQ infiltrate online video games such as "World of Warcraft" in an effort to catch and stop terrorist plots. — December 9, 2013

• Piggybacking on online "cookies" acquired by Google that advertisers use to track consumer preferences, the NSA is able to locate new targets for hacking. — December 10, 2013

• The NSA has the ability to decrypt the common A5/1 cellphone encryption cipher. — December 13, 2013

• The NSA secretly paid the computer security firm RSA $10 million to implement a "back door" into its encryption. — December 20, 2013

• A document reveals how Britain's GCHQ spied on Germany, Israel, the European Union, and several nongovernmental organizations. — December 20, 2013

• With a $79.7 million research program, the NSA is working on a quantum computer that would be able to crack most types of encryption. — January 2, 2014

• Using radio transmitters on tiny circuit boards or USB drives, the NSA can gain access to computers not connected to the internet. — January 14, 2014

• The NSA scoops "pretty much everything it can" in untargeted collection of foreign text messages for its Dishfire database. — January 16, 2014

• The NSA scoops up personal data mined from smartphone apps such as Angry Birds. — January 27, 2014

• A GCHQ program called Squeaky Dolphin monitors YouTube, Facebook, and Blogger for "broad real-time monitoring of online activity." — January 27, 2014

The NSA scoops "pretty much everything it can" in untargeted collection of foreign text messages.

• The NSA spied on negotiators during the 2009 UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. — January 29, 2014

• CSEC, Canada's national cryptologic agency, tested a pilot program with the NSA that captured metadata from users who had logged into free airport Wi-Fi. — January 30, 2014

• Britain's GCHQ waged war on hacker groups such as Anonymous and Lulzsec, mounting Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks and infiltrating their chat rooms. — February 5, 2014

• The NSA reportedly monitored former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in the run-up to the Iraq war. — February 5, 2014

• Britain's GCHQ used "dirty tricks" such as computer viruses and sexual "honey traps" to target adversaries. — February 7, 2014

• The US's "targeted killing" program of drone strikes relies mostly on cellphone metadata and geolocation, rather than on-the-ground human intelligence. — February 10, 2014

• An American law firm was monitored by the Australian Signals Directorate while representing the government of Indonesia during a trade dispute. — February 15, 2014

• The NSA and Britain's GCHQ reportedly monitored traffic to the WikiLeaks website and considered a move to monitor communications going to or from WikiLeaks and the Pirate Bay. — February 18, 2014

• Britain's GCHQ conducts covert operations to disrupt and shape online discourse. — February 24, 2014

• Britain's GCHQ, using a program called Optic Nerve, intercepted and stored webcam images from millions of Yahoo users, then passed them on to the NSA's XKeyscore database. — February 28, 2014

• The NSA shared intelligence that helped the Dutch navy capture a ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia, and the Netherlands regularly shares information with the NSA regarding Somalia and Afghanistan. — March 5, 2014

• The NSA has an advice columnist similar to "Dear Abby" who writes an "Ask Zelda" column distributed on the agency's internal network. — March 7, 2014

• NSA developed sophisticated malware "implants" to infect millions of computers worldwide. In one example, the NSA posed as a fake Facebook server to infect a target's computer and steal files. — March 12, 2014

• Document reveals that, while many foreign governments share information with NSA, few senior officials outside of the intelligence or defense sphere have any knowledge of it. — March 13, 2014

• The NSA built a system capable of recording "100%" of a foreign country's phone calls with a voice intercept program called Mystic. The Washington Post did not name the countries where the program was used. — March 18, 2014

• The NSA specifically targets foreign systems administrators to gain access to their networks. — March 20, 2014

• The NSA closely monitored the Chinese technology firm Huawei in attempt to reveal ties between the company and the Chinese military. The agency also spied on Chinese banks and other companies, as well as former President Hu Jintao. — March 22, 2014

• Malaysia's political leadership is a high-priority intelligence target for the US and Australia — March 30, 2014

• NSA and Britain's GCHQ discussed various methods of deception, use of propaganda, mass messaging, and pushing stories on social media sites — April 4, 2014

• The Norwegian Intelligence Service is developing a supercomputer, called Steel Winter, to decrypt and analyze data from Afghanistan, Russia, and elsewhere. — April 26, 2013

• Britain's GCHQ asked the NSA for "unsupervised access" to the NSA's vast databases. It was unclear whether the request was granted. — April 30, 2014

• The NSA physically intercepts routers, servers, and other computer networking equipment before it's exported outside the US, implants "back door" surveillance tools, then repackages them with a factory seal and ships them out. — May 12, 2014

• The NSA is intercepting, recording, and archiving virtually every cellphone call in the Bahamas and one other country, which The Intercept redacted. It also reveals metadata collection on Mexico, Kenya, and the Philippines. — May 19, 2014

• After giving journalist Glenn Greenwald a 72-hour warning to reveal the nation redacted from his previous report on mass surveillance of an entire country, WikLeaks reveals the country in question is Afghanistan. — May 23, 2014

• The NSA harvests millions of faces from web images for use in a previously undisclosed facial recognition database. — May 31, 2014

Author's note: I've tried my best to be thorough in sifting through the hundreds of leaks that have come to light thus far. I have not included Snowden's movements, legal situation, or any of the political drama surrounding the leaks. This timeline only shows the many reports stemming from documents the ex-NSA contractor handed over to journalists.

If I have missed any leaks in the hundreds of news stories on these items, that mistake is mine alone.

This post relied upon a similar timeline from Al Jazeera America, as well as a catalog at Lawfare Blog, and an article at the National Journal.

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