“Even though he can’t set foot in the United States for fear of arrest, fugitive National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has joined the speakers’ roster at this year’s South by Southwest Interactive Festival.

Snowden, who fled the United States in June with thousands of top-secret documents, will appear via teleconference Monday from Russia for a discussion about how the tech community must defend itself against mass surveillance.

Snowden will chat with Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist with the American Civil Liberties Union’s Speech, Privacy and Technology Project.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Josh Robin / CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/04/us/sxsw-edward-snowden-speaker/