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Title: Mass surveillance is fundamental threat to human rights, says European report Post by: TheIrishman on January 26, 2015, 09:15:15 PM http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/1/26/1422286914129/b0329538-3c58-4593-ab00-d658c66b8bfa-460x276.jpeg
Mass surveillance is fundamental threat to human rights, says European report http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/26/mass-surveillance-threat-human-rights-council-europe (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/26/mass-surveillance-threat-human-rights-council-europe) << Europe's top rights body has said mass surveillance practices are a fundamental threat to human rights and violate the right to privacy enshrined in European law. The parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe says in a report that it is "deeply concerned" by the "far-reaching, technologically advanced systems" used by the US and UK to collect, store and analyse the data of private citizens. It describes the scale of spying by the US National Security Agency, revealed by Edward Snowden, as "stunning". The report also suggests that British laws that give the monitoring agency GCHQ wide-ranging powers are incompatible with the European convention on human rights. It argues that British surveillance may be at odds with article 8, the right to privacy, as well as article 10, which guarantees freedom of expression, and article 6, the right to a fair trial. "These rights are cornerstones of democracy. Their infringement without adequate judicial control jeopardises the rule of law", it says. There is compelling evidence that US intelligence agencies and their allies are hoovering up data "on a massive scale", the report says. US-UK operations encompass "numerous persons against whom there is no ground for suspicion of any wrongdoing", it adds. >> Title: Re: Mass surveillance is fundamental threat to human rights, says European report Post by: jaysabi on January 26, 2015, 09:34:48 PM Quote from: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/26/mass-surveillance-threat-human-rights-council-europe Another concern is the use of “secret laws, secret courts and secret interpretations of such laws” to justify mass surveillance. We have really good reasons for doing this, we just can't tell you any of them. But trust us. Title: Re: Mass surveillance is fundamental threat to human rights, says European report Post by: Rishblitz on January 26, 2015, 11:36:34 PM Quote from: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/26/mass-surveillance-threat-human-rights-council-europe Another concern is the use of “secret laws, secret courts and secret interpretations of such laws” to justify mass surveillance. We have really good reasons for doing this, we just can't tell you any of them. But trust us. sounds a lot like the supreme court when it talks about the secret interpretations of laws. Title: Re: Mass surveillance is fundamental threat to human rights, says European report Post by: Jocuserious on January 26, 2015, 11:48:56 PM It's going to be fine.
Omniscient surveillance will become ubiquitous and the people who don't like it will help contribute to the American's Prison Industrial Complex which will in turn provide a larger pool of cheap labor that will drive the price of business down - increasing profits for CEO's and investors while making moot the debate regarding unions and minimum wage (because criminals don't get to have a say). I'm not sure whats not to look forward to here. Title: Re: Mass surveillance is fundamental threat to human rights, says European report Post by: Rishblitz on January 26, 2015, 11:56:45 PM It's going to be fine. Omniscient surveillance will become ubiquitous and the people who don't like it will help contribute to the American's Prison Industrial Complex which will in turn provide a larger pool of cheap labor that will drive the price of business down - increasing profits for CEO's and investors while making moot the debate regarding unions and minimum wage (because criminals don't get to have a say). I'm not sure whats not to look forward to here. After all minimum wage and unions are for commies right? |
