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Re:UK spies using social media data for mass surveillance by switch007 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @02:36AM (#15497327)
> One thing we're learning is that the UK government can do whatever it wants

This shouldn't be news for anyone who's lived here a few years, with a basic understanding of UK politics. The acrid stench of arrogance and righteousness that emanates from Westminster travels to the far corners of these isles.

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Re:UK spies using social media data for mass surveillance by pjc50 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @05:10AM (#15497811)
Vindictiveness, enabled by the newspapers, is a big part of this as well. A large chunk of the public don't want rights for everyone; they would actually prefer a system where the police beat confessions out of suspects and people are fitted up for crimes because they're a minority who happened to be near it.
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