http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2011/11/18/excuses-excuses-surveillance-technology-and-oppressive-regimes/ Human Rights First builds respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure the dignity to which everyone is entitled and to stem intolerance, tyranny, and violence. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2011/11/18/excuses-excuses-surveillance-technology-and-oppressive-regimes/#comment-62410 David Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:48:12 +0000 http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/?p=15798#comment-62410 These technologies will by their very nature encourage repression and civil rights abuses, even in countries thought to be democracies. A good example is the United States, where the surveillance technologies was originally supposed to be used to fight terrorism but quickly became more common in fighting the "war on drugs" and now is used simply to spy on citizens without probable cause. It is a slippery slope and we're on the slide down. These technologies will by their very nature encourage repression and civil rights abuses, even in countries thought to be democracies. A good example is the United States, where the surveillance technologies was originally supposed to be used to fight terrorism but quickly became more common in fighting the “war on drugs” and now is used simply to spy on citizens without probable cause. It is a slippery slope and we’re on the slide down.

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