U.S. seen internationally as an 'Endemic Surveillance Society.'
In the recently released annual survey of worldwide privacy rights by Privacy International and EPIC, the United States has been downgraded from ''Extensive Surveillance Society'' to ''Endemic Surveillance Society.'' As Glenn Greenwald notes, this is ''the worst possible category there is for privacy protections, the category also occupied by countries such as China, Russia, Singapore and Malaysia.'' In general, ''the 2007 rankings indicate an overall worsening of privacy protection across the world, reflecting an increase in surveillance and a declining performance of privacy safeguards.''
In general, ''the 2007 rankings indicate an overall worsening of privacy protection across the world, reflecting an increase in surveillance and a declining performance of privacy safeguards.''
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An then we have this ''reflecting'' an increase in surveillance and a declining performance of privacy safeguards:
''WHAT TO DO: If you see or hear anyone ridiculing, name calling, or implying that citizen oversight actions will cause ''blowback'' on their candidate, please REPORT THIS to Black Box Voting, via e-mail or online, live-time forum reports in the IOWA FORUMS section at Black Box Voting.''
In the recently released annual survey of worldwide privacy rights by Privacy International and EPIC, the United States has been downgraded from ''Extensive Surveillance Society'' to ''Endemic Surveillance Society.'' As Glenn Greenwald notes, this is ''the worst possible category there is for privacy protections, the category also occupied by countries such as China, Russia, Singapore and Malaysia.'' In general, ''the 2007 rankings indicate an overall worsening of privacy protection across the world, reflecting an increase in surveillance and a declining performance of privacy safeguards.''
In general, ''the 2007 rankings indicate an overall worsening of privacy protection across the world, reflecting an increase in surveillance and a declining performance of privacy safeguards.''
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An then we have this ''reflecting'' an increase in surveillance and a declining performance of privacy safeguards:
''WHAT TO DO: If you see or hear anyone ridiculing, name calling, or implying that citizen oversight actions will cause ''blowback'' on their candidate, please REPORT THIS to Black Box Voting, via e-mail or online, live-time forum reports in the IOWA FORUMS section at Black Box Voting.''
