Comment Let's all move country (Score 1) 310
Sheesh. Why don't we just all move to China, Zimbabwe or Iran?
It seems the US is sinking to the bottom of the pile when it comes to government intrusiveness and snooping on Net users.
Now US citizens have to deal with:
- massive, systematic NSA snooping,
- un-checked, covert FBI investigations,
- DoJ judicial suppressions of EFF advocacy; and
- a Congress that makes the Belarussian parliament look liberal democratic.
On top of this, beleaguered American net users also have to deal with the DMCA, and the draconian powers given to the RIAA and MPRA that allow these organisations untrammelled power to pursue and persecute thousands of net users every year!
Like I said, I doubt that any place in the world now has such a level of State intervention in the Internet and the online lives of its citizens, and condones the victimisation and suppression of online users by private companies to such a degree.
So give China, Zimbabwe, Iran etc a break! They ain't that bad after all.
It seems the US is sinking to the bottom of the pile when it comes to government intrusiveness and snooping on Net users.
Now US citizens have to deal with:
- massive, systematic NSA snooping,
- un-checked, covert FBI investigations,
- DoJ judicial suppressions of EFF advocacy; and
- a Congress that makes the Belarussian parliament look liberal democratic.
On top of this, beleaguered American net users also have to deal with the DMCA, and the draconian powers given to the RIAA and MPRA that allow these organisations untrammelled power to pursue and persecute thousands of net users every year!
Like I said, I doubt that any place in the world now has such a level of State intervention in the Internet and the online lives of its citizens, and condones the victimisation and suppression of online users by private companies to such a degree.
So give China, Zimbabwe, Iran etc a break! They ain't that bad after all.
