German studies eight years ago show that surveillance brings horrible
self-censorship. Why is this news to the US now?
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https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2016/03/germans-studies-eight-years-ago-show-surveillance-brings-horrible-self-censorship-news-us-now>
Via Rick Falkvinge.
Surveillance has reversed the net's capacity for social change
https://boingboing.net/2016/03/29/surveillance-has-reversed-the.html
"Sociologists describe the "spiral of silence": people with socially
unpopular ideas fear that they're the only ones who think that way, and
say nothing, and their silence convinces others that they, too are
alone, begetting yet more silence."
The "chilling effect" of pervasive surveillance.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
