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Video shows why you don’t want Theresa May reading your emails
Theresa May, UK Home Secretary
Liberty – the human rights group – has released a campaign video showing why you really don’t want the government spying on you. And it is as funny as it is genius.
The Investigatory Powers Bill will make the bulk collection of all our personal information legal. But this social experiment brilliantly flushes out our natural opposition to losing the right to privacy:
The best way to see if an idea or action is acceptable is to thrust it into an everyday social situation. Bringing the debate away from internet discussion boards and into social reality reveals how we really react to it.
And it does not look good for the government. As would be expected, the video shows no one is comfortable with strangers reading their emails, texts or intruding upon them. It’s not just about freedom of speech – it’s also about freedom to select who to talk to. If the government is collecting mass data, we lose our basic right to privacy – our basic right to choose who we share information with.
Philosophers stone – selected views from the boat http://philosophers-stone.co.uk
Source: http://www.philosophers-stone.co.uk/?p=10949
