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It's odd that the usual hysteria by media, academics, assorted human rights organizations and concerned citizens about surveillance has been 'toned down' since
by throw2016 10y ago
It's odd that the usual hysteria by media, academics, assorted human rights organizations and concerned citizens about surveillance has been 'toned down' since the Snowden revelations.
It's nearly guaranteed there would be an earthquake of hysteria and frothing about totalitarianism and human rights were the revelations not about western countries. There is nearly zero activism about surveillance apart from the odd EFF press release.
It telling about the things we are supposed to care about, and the level of manipulation in local and global affairs over the last few decades and how countries are run. It seems like all societies we too want to think the worst of others and make excuses for ourselves. But that kind of posturing by our media, human rights orgs and reps is now going to become impossible to pull off with any credibility.
- Silhouette 10y agoGroups like Liberty and the ORG have been campaigning against this for as long as it's been an issue, but if no-one in the mass media is interested in reporting it, there is only so much they can do. It hasn't even made the "back pages" of the BBC News web site much in recent months, as far as I've seen, nor been mentioned on any mainstream TV news broadcast that I've seen. I'm confused about the current status of the bill. The linked Guardian article says it received royal assent, thus becoming law, on Thursday. However, as I write this, Parliament's own web site[1] says it is still in the "ping pong" stage. [1] http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/investigatorypowers.html http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/investigatorypow...
- superpanic 10y agoNow says "This article was amended on 19 November 2016. The act has not yet received royal assent, as stated in an earlier version." at the bottom.
- darkr 10y agoClassic Grauniad