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She is technically correct, but it's a very misleading technicality. Surveillance is monitoring, and the government can claim that what they actually do is mass
by joosters 11y ago
She is technically correct, but it's a very misleading technicality. Surveillance is monitoring, and the government can claim that what they actually do is mass recording of Internet traffic.
- tux3 11y agoI think that is what mass surveillance is commonly understood to mean. Trying to shift the meaning so that the GCQH can technically say there's no surveillance seems incredibly dishonest to me. If one needs to resort to pedantry to appear to be right, then there is no better justification for their views than a fallacy.
- joosters 11y agoOh, I agree. I think it's totally misleading, but this is the way they are describing the surveillance that we have.
- sorokod 11y agoThe other word to play with is "mass", who is to say what is or isn't mass.