We can’t let the goal of ending mass surveillance fall off the international human rights agenda.
Reclaiming Privacy in the Golden Age of Surveillance
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We can’t let the goal of ending mass surveillance fall off the international human rights agenda.
The Pentagon is distributing weaponry and equipment made for U.S. counterinsurgency campaigns abroad to police who patrol American streets.
In October 2011, Twitter user and Occupy Wall Street activist Malcolm Harris was charged with a petty crime while attending an Occupy protest on the Brooklyn Bridge. Despite the minor nature of the alleged infraction—the maximum punishment at stake was a fine of $250 or 15 days in jail—the prosecution demanded that Twitter provide information regarding Harris’ contacts, tweets, and locations derived from IP address logs.