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Compared to illegal mass surveillance programs that remain running to this day, and a witty intelligence head who remains free after lying under oath, this is a

by vunie 7y ago

Compared to illegal mass surveillance programs that remain running to this day, and a witty intelligence head who remains free after lying under oath, this is a shinning success that should be celebrated. Hopefully other nations follow their lead one day.

Twixes 7y ago
Turkish authorities don't have global tech giants to tap into, but worry not, they're monitoring the internet very closely. In fact, they arrest people over tweets criticizing their rule. [0] And of course they block Wikipedia country–wide, over what Donald Trump would call "fake news" (as he does with news outlets revealing embarrassing facts about him or his administration). Not an example to be followed by any government on Earth. [0] https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/27/turkey-crackdown-social-media-posts https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/27/turkey-crackdown-social-...
- remcob 7y ago
  I think grandparent was not about having surveillance programs or not, but about whether the government is being held accountable to it's own laws. A quality that is worryingly slipping in several nations. Hence the emphasis on 'illegal' and the shoddy investigation with little follow-up.
- RaceWon 7y ago
  > Donald Trump would call "fake news" (as he does with news outlets revealing embarrassing facts about him or his administration). CNN is fake news. Period... there no debate about this fact. Their agenda, their reporting and most importantly their bent--is totally one sided. Unless of course President Trump is Actually A Plant that Putin Knew Would win the election despite Never winning Any other office--a feat which had never been done before. Tulsi is also a "Russian Asset", just ask Hillary... And here I was thinking she was a Patriot who served in a War Zone. Free your mind. The Matrix Has You... :)
puszczyk 7y ago
Whataboutism.

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Compared to illegal mass surveillance programs that remain running to this day, and a witty intelligence head who remains free after lying under oath, this is a

by vunie 7y ago

Twixes 7y ago
Turkish authorities don't have global tech giants to tap into, but worry not, they're monitoring the internet very closely. In fact, they arrest people over tweets criticizing their rule. [0] And of course they block Wikipedia country–wide, over what Donald Trump would call "fake news" (as he does with news outlets revealing embarrassing facts about him or his administration). Not an example to be followed by any government on Earth. [0] https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/27/turkey-crackdown-social-media-posts https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/03/27/turkey-crackdown-social-...
- remcob 7y ago
  I think grandparent was not about having surveillance programs or not, but about whether the government is being held accountable to it's own laws. A quality that is worryingly slipping in several nations. Hence the emphasis on 'illegal' and the shoddy investigation with little follow-up.
- RaceWon 7y ago
  > Donald Trump would call "fake news" (as he does with news outlets revealing embarrassing facts about him or his administration). CNN is fake news. Period... there no debate about this fact. Their agenda, their reporting and most importantly their bent--is totally one sided. Unless of course President Trump is Actually A Plant that Putin Knew Would win the election despite Never winning Any other office--a feat which had never been done before. Tulsi is also a "Russian Asset", just ask Hillary... And here I was thinking she was a Patriot who served in a War Zone. Free your mind. The Matrix Has You... :)
puszczyk 7y ago
Whataboutism.