Did we already forget about political interference by "enemies of the West"? I mean, not just brazen election / referendum interference, but driving political narratives to stoke up internal conflicts? That is usually achieved by funding political extremists, but controlling the feed algorithm will work even better.
This isn't just a US problem either, other western countries have also been affected.
At least our own governments have some accountability to us. Foreign governments don't even have that, so I'm ok with them being the first ones to give up the tools of influence. Of course I would prefer if such tools did not exist at all, but it will be a while until we get there.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000008314175/chi...
Warrants are at will? Nope.
https://policies.google.com/terms/information-requests
"In all cases: Issue a subpoena to compel disclosure of basic subscriber registration information and certain IP addresses
In criminal cases:
Get a court order to compel disclosure of non-content records, such as the To, From, CC, BCC, and Timestamp fields in emails
Get a search warrant to compel disclosure of the content of communications, such as email messages, documents, and photos"
Some 3rd parties require warrants. I tend to think that this is the rule rather than the exception.
Edward Snowden and the FISA court say hello.
Says NSA.
partially true but fodder for schizophrenics and compulsive obsessions.. A truer picture is harder to convey in a few sentences.. however as a US citizen I believe that an uneasy truce has been established via law in the USA since inception, between those casually referred to as "Law and Order" who genuinely believe that governance means record keeping and monitoring, and others who do not. Unfortunately for the "others" that includes genuinely bad actors who seek to use rights to evade detection, or those too stupid or simple to think about these things at all. Meanwhile, the Net has given magnificent, grandiose power to build and use surveillance, which they have done. ill wind blows
On the other hand, the same cannot be said about your own government. They collect data on you and your fellow citizens and they use it. And they can mess up your life much more than what China will ever do. One recent example: the worry over period tracking apps and the recent decisions of the US Supreme Court. Those apps are a weapon against citizens who, until yesterday, were not doing anything illegal.
All tracking is bad, and the FCC should do something about it all.