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Well, the Chinese surveillance state in the US took off 25 years ago, give or take a few days.
by Sharlin 1mo ago
Well, the Chinese surveillance state in the US took off 25 years ago, give or take a few days.
- paimapi 1mo agoit's been around for quite a lot longer than that. 1984 was written in 1949 and wasn't strictly inspired by only fascist regimes - there were and still are a lot of similarities (eg ethnosupremaccy, nativism, etc) that have deep roots elsewhere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_United_States#Post_World_War_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_Unite... >With the end of World War II, Project SHAMROCK was established in 1945. The organization was created to accumulate telegraphic data entering and exiting from the United States.[4][22] Major communication companies such as Western Union, RCA Global and ITT World Communications actively aided the project, allowing American intelligence officials to gain access to international message traffic.[23] Under the project, and many subsequent programs, no precedent had been established for judicial authorization, and no warrants were issued for surveillance activities. The project was terminated in 1975.[4]