Quote Originally Posted by Eric C. View Post
There's a "slight" difference though; how many ppl in the U.S. have been arrested for their political views/views on the system that they exposed through platforms like FB over the last 5-10-... years? I can't think of any, can you? While the dictatorial regimes use spying on ppl's FB & Twitter accounts to spot anything that poses a potential threat to their ruling, the American services MIGHT be collecting info that may be really helpful to spot terrorists threatening national security; that's a HUGE difference.
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Eric just can't see the big picture. The other poster, '*-Mom' has a similar affliction, 'if we already know ABC, then who cares.' The US government has it easy. When you have enough zombies who volunteer stupidity and ignorance or even indifference, you don't have to try very hard to control them.