[ NNSquad ] What does an Internet Police State look like? The UK may show us!

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

What does an Internet Police State look like?  The UK may show us!

http://bit.ly/8ZXmMl  (Boing Boing)

If I may paraphrase Pastor Martin Niemoller:

   First they tapped the telephones, and I did not speak out--because
   I rarely used the telephone.

   Then they demanded that we all carry hi-tech ID cards, and I did
   not speak out--because the cards seemed oh so very convenient.

   Then they installed video surveillance CCTV cameras everywhere, and
   I did not speak out--because they told us that the cameras would
   fight crime and terrorism.

   Then they took control of the Internet, and I did not speak
   out--because they said that entertainment industry profits and
   monitoring of our Internet activities were much more important than
   individual freedoms.

   And then they came for me--and there was no way left to 
   speak out at all.

--Lauren--
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