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If we're being honest, [almost?] every developed nation should have the surveillance badge; pretending otherwise is remarkably naive.
by stephencanon 13y ago
If we're being honest, [almost?] every developed nation should have the surveillance badge; pretending otherwise is remarkably naive.
- mcintyre1994 13y agoAt least Britain should also have censorship too. Maybe imprisonment too after we jailed people for inciting riots, but that's certainly not comparable to some others. Also it was the FBI that shut down Megaupload, should we consider that US-sponsored censorship that just happened to affect the rest of us? Realistically, all 3 - surveillance, censorship and imprisonment are way too nuanced for such a simplified diagram. Trying to fit them in was probably a mistake IMO.
- BrandonMarc 13y agoThat would be every nation. The majority do surveillance, and many of those who don't frequently ask for data about their own citizens from those who do. It's useful to either show a badge for either the worst offenders, or have a scale / gradient regarding how much surveillance is done.
- codyb 13y agoI think that destroys the purpose of the badge. I think the badge signifies that the countries watch the internet activity of their own citizens. Global surveillance is a different story and would probably require a subway style map of its own.
- drjesusphd 13y agoNo. If we're being honest, we label those countries based on evidence. Two years ago, it was a "conspiracy theory" to suggest domestic dragnet internet surveillance by the NSA. Now it's "naive" to not assume everyone is doing it.