John Oliver: Would You Care If Your Private Parts Were Seen by the Government? Shaya Tayefe Mohajer - TakePart
go to original April 7, 2015

There are very few government checks on what America’s sweeping surveillance programs are capable of doing. John Oliver sits down with Edward Snowden to discuss the NSA, the balance between privacy and security, and dick-pics. (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)

Turns out, many Americans don’t really know who former NSA contractor Edward Snowden is, and they seem to know even less about the shadowy government surveillance programs he went to lengths to reveal.

However, Americans do care deeply about the homespun pornographic images known as dick pics. Those X-rated photos - think Anthony Weiner’s fall from grace - are apparently enough to get Americans riled up about their privacy rights. As comedian John Oliver reveals, the racy, seemingly private images and Snowden’s cause are closely related.

Snowden maintains that Americans should discuss and curb the programs that collect all sorts of information via our digital footprint. Oliver went to Russia to ask Snowden to put the highly technical information in terms Americans can understand - our private parts.

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