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Chat Control Must Be Stopped – Now

(threema.ch)
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neugiergiraffe ◴[18 Jun 24 10:16 UTC] No.40715951[source]▶
Can someone explain to me why, over time, democratic states tend to drift into mass surveillance ?

Is it beacuse a lot of people feel unsafe or is it because the people supposed to ensure our security see it as the "easiest" or most effective way to do their job?

Is there so much benefit to having a fuctioning mass surveilance apparatus, and if yes, who benefits of it if not the people for whom these rules for in the first place?

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1. bonton89 ◴[18 Jun 24 12:48 UTC] No.40717203[source]▶
> Can someone explain to me why, over time, democratic states tend to drift into mass surveillance ?

Democracy, even a flawed democracy leaves the status quo power structure vulnerable to being changed by popular political action. Mass surveillance allows the existing players to identify any nascent political movements that may eventually grow to threaten them and undermine or destroy these movements before they ever become a threat.