Tag: dissent
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future nightmare: ‘recording everything’
An Activist Post entry by Brandon Turbeville reveals how governments will shape dissent in near future. The Brookings Institute published new report, “Recording Everything: Digital Storage as an Enabler of Authoritarian Governments,” makes clear the chilling effect on dissent. Data storage costs will decline, making it possible, everything will be recorded. Dissenters, who become a…
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espionage act rears ugly head
(Note: This writer’s greatest apprehension is the coming clamp down on the internet.) Naomi Wolf, writes in Huffington Post, reprinted at Before It’s News, “Espionage Act Rears Its Ugly Head And Threatens American Tradition Of Freedom” recaps oppressive history of this flawed law. The 1917 law was used to suppress dissent of anti-war advocates. Many…