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Re:Police surveilled protests with help from Twitter-affilia... by colordrops on Thursday July 09, 2020 @06:11PM (#23785848)
Because the political class has demonstrated repeatedly that they are mostly corrupt and will take advantage of the data illegally, just like with echelon and prism, and what they are now trying to do with the EARN IT act.
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Re:Police surveilled protests with help from Twitter-affilia... by linuxftw on Thursday July 09, 2020 @06:42PM (#23786107)
The people here only understand that there's a political class aiming to control them when it doesn't align with their political views. The media, social media, your favorite political party, all part of the political class.

Which presidential candidate voted for the Iraq war again? The Wall Street Bailouts? Who do that person represent?

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