Edward Snowden's TED Talk on Internet Freedom, Data Privacy and Government Surveillance.

Via The Heart of the Matter: Edward Snowden is No Emmanuel Goldstein: 

"It's going to be a challenge for the oligarchy to turn someone this smart, articulate, charismatic, and obviously driven by conscience and ideals into the next Emmanuel Goldstein (count on the powers that be to keep trying, though). Which is of course why various people like to opine that Snowden should return to the US where he could expect -- at best -- to be immediately muzzled (and probably much worse).  It's a hell of a lot harder to demonize someone whose humanity is so self-evident."

"Appearing by telepresence robot, Edward Snowden speaks at TED2014 about surveillance and Internet freedom. The right to data privacy, he suggests, is not a partisan issue, but requires a fundamental rethink of the role of the internet in our lives — and the laws that protect it. "Your rights matter," he say, "because you never know when you're going to need them." Chris Anderson interviews, with special guest Tim Berners-Lee."