US Civil Rights groups rally against new surveillance/security laws

[AClockworkTangerine]

No Patriot Act 2.0 After Capitol Hill insurrection

US Civil Rights groups rally against new security laws in light of the attempted Capitol Hill insurrection.

We know from the original Patriot Act, the Snowden leaks, Wikileaks Vault 7 etc. that these laws are routinely used to curtail our civil rights and invade the privacy of the population as a whole, rather than focusing purely on suspicious individuals or genuine extremist groups. A federal court even recently ruled that the US' mass surveillance programme was illegal and also potentially constitutional.

We can't let political extremism and terrorism once again be used as an excuse for the government to expand it's surveillance power and take away even more of our privacy.

 

[Thelaneends1]

No Patriot Act 2.0 After Capitol Hill insurrection

US Civil Rights groups rally against new security laws in light of the attempted Capitol Hill insurrection.

We know from the original Patriot Act, the Snowden leaks, Wikileaks Vault 7 etc. that these laws are routinely used to curtail our civil rights and invade the privacy of the population as a whole, rather than focusing purely on suspicious individuals or genuine extremist groups. A federal court even recently ruled that the US' mass surveillance programme was illegal and also potentially constitutional.

We can't let political extremism and terrorism once again be used as an excuse for the government to expand it's surveillance power and take away even more of our privacy.

Civil war on the way.

 

[dodgy_surname]

I love the union, shame we’re not in one

 

[Mexboroseasider]

So basically left and right unite; over a piece of legislation that hasn’t been raised as a possibility yet?

Sounds to me like it’s a conspiracy with legs.

 

[Jaffa_The_Hut]

I’am always in agreement of the the saying if you’ve nothing to hide why the worry?

It’s no different to the Police stop and search program introduced a few years ago I’am all for it if it helps reduce knife crime, the only ones against it are the people carrying something they shouldn’t be.

City/town CCTV has helped reduce town centre crimes by 40% in the last 5 years so it’s a from me.