The citizens of America are finally become aware that government surveillance and corporate censorship are aimed at keeping people ignorant and controlled.
I stipulate there is hardly a government national security entity that doesn’t read our mail and emails. The issue of the government spying illegally on its own citizens
Mass electronic surveillance of literally trillions of phone calls and messages without a warrant in violation of the Fourth Amendment restrictions on searches without probable cause or a proper warrant issued by a judge has been the regular NSA authorized procedure at least since 9/11. There is no reason to assume that has changed.
An agency simply goes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court or to some other appropriate judge to get a warrant on an individual where there is some “probable cause.” Probable cause can consist of someone searching the web for what the government considers suspicious.
The Court then gives its approval (for FISA - 99% of the time. Once the individual is surveilled, the names of all contacts are added to the investigation - expanding and growing until it includes thousands of phone numbers and email addresses, individuals who are overwhelmingly innocent of any wrongdoing.
So you can assume that most of us, right now, are being monitored electronically by the federal government.
Now, combine that with the Biden’s announcement of a war on “domestic terrorism.” it is easy to see where all that is going. Surveilling ordinary Americans for what they might be thinkingwould be a George Orwellian 1984 tale for our times.
So just imagine, if your TV suddenly speaks to you in the next few months, it might not be Alexa.
Another disturbing development is the increased corporate cooperation with what the government. Mainstream media does its share of obfuscation, including the near total suppression of a story concerning a key witness who provided false testimony against journalist Julian Assange who has turned out to be a pedophile, diagnosed sociopath and serial liar.
But the major player is social media, with its enormous power to shape opinions and propagate false information that serves the government. The media has banned numerous groups, individuals, and links to sites from its pages, a barrier to free speech and freedom of expression. It is censoring or denigrating material that is at odds with official policies (such as Facebook’s pop-ups that appear whenever there is any article that contests the approved version of the response to the COVID virus.
The Biden administration said it would be enlisting hightechand social media companies to “increase information sharing” (their information) to assist in combatting radicalization (often referred to as combatting the truth).
Biden announced that his Justice Department would create ways for Americans to report radicalized friends and family to the government.
“We will work to improve public awareness of federal resources to address concerning or threatening behavior before violence occurs… If you see something, say something. This involves creating contexts in which those who are family members or friends or co-workers know that there are pathways and avenues to raise concerns and seek help for those who they have perceived to be radicalizing and potentially radicalizing towards violence.”
That is a call for Americans to spy on friends, neighbors and family and reporting any “extremist” views to the authorities (iedifferent views than the government has).
Facebook and other media jumped on board and blocked or shut down many former contributors and is posting warnings to users. One targets people who might have been visiting an “extremist” site while the other encourages users to snitch on friends or family who might be enticed by such material.
The personalized pop-up reads: “[Name of Recipient], you many have been exposed to harmful extremist content recently – Violent groups try to manipulate your anger and disappointment. You can take action now to protect yourself and others.Get support from experts. Spot the signs, understand the dangers of extremism and hear from people who escaped violent groups.”
The snitch on friends version: “Are you concerned that someone you know is becoming an extremist?We care about preventing extremism on Facebook. Others in your situation have received confidential support.-How you can help.-Hear stories and get advice from people who escaped violent extremist groups. Get support.”
Of course, the big target for Biden is anything his administration considers “racially extremist,” but only for one sector of the population.
The question is, how does Facebook know what you research? The situation is dire, no doubt about it, but it has provoked a backlash, including this post: “Become the extremist Facebook warned you about!”
Facebook is dealing with a lot of groups who complain about other groups who in the past promoted violence such as BLM. It seems some violent groups are immune from the rules.
In truth Americans are standing at the edge of a precipice with just one more “crisis” possibly coming that will tip everything over the edge into a totalitarian government. If you doubt it, go take a look at Facebook.