American billionaire and Twitter owner Elon Musk posted a poll on his account asking users of the social network whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden should be pardoned.
"I do not express my opinion, but I promised to conduct a survey. I ask if Assange and Snowden should be pardoned," Musk said and offered two options - "yes" and "no".
Assange (51) faces 175 years in prison in the US on charges of publishing confidential information, he is in the maximum security prison in Britain, Belmarsh.
Leading Western media, including the "New York Times", "The Guardian", "The Times", "Mond" and "El Pais", called on the US government to drop the charges against Assange for releasing classified information to the public, Nova.rs reminds.
Snowden, 39, went public in 2013 with information about US intelligence agencies' electronic surveillance methods, including illegal wiretapping of foreign leaders.
He fled the US and sought asylum in several countries, including Russia. Moscow granted him a residence permit on August 1, 2014, and he received a Russian passport this week.
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