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I didn't like the protest. It was way too US-centric politically motivated anti-governement. The people behind claimed to believe in "privacy is a human right"
by bowlofpetunias 13y ago
I didn't like the protest.
It was way too US-centric politically motivated anti-governement. The people behind claimed to believe in "privacy is a human right", but only addressed the privacy violations of the "Big Bad Gubernment".
I'm all for a pro-privacy protest, not for a libertarian anti-government protest disguised as one.
The SOPA/PIPA protests were about standing up to the copyright mafia as well as the authorities, something that was mirrored by the European ACTA protests.
This protest was totally one-sided, ignoring 50% of the privacy issue, especially as it is perceived outside the US, where Google, Facebook e.a. stand shoulder to shoulder with the US government in their efforts to tear down privacy rights.