by Frank Bergman, Slay News:

Exiled American whistleblower Edward Snowden has warned that the United States National Security Agency (NSA) is close to seizing control of the Internet.

Snowden, a former NSA contractor who famously leaked highly classified information from the agency in 2013, issued the warning in a post on X.

In his post, Snowden drew attention to a thread originally posted by Elizabeth Goitein.

Goitein, the co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, warned of a new bill that could see the U.S. government surveillance powers amplified to new levels.

Snowden warns that the new powers will see the NSA “taking over the internet.”