![Dear Privacy Board: It's Us, Earth's Other 95%](https://www.commondreams.org/media-library/image-via-pbspot.jpg?id=32283059&width=1200&height=400&quality=90&coordinates=0%2C100%2C0%2C100)
(Image via PBSpot)
To donate by check, phone, or other method, see our More Ways to Give page.
(Image via PBSpot)
There are seven billion people in the world, and 95 percent of them live outside the United States. We know from dozens of revelations from the last year that few, if any, are immune from the watchful eyes of the National Security Agency.
Yet in its latest report on surveillance, the government's independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board focused almost exclusively on the rights of people inside the United States. Here are five reasons why the PCLOB should have defended the rights to privacy and free expression for everyone - including the 95 percent:
The United States has been a world leader in promoting and developing the internet. Now it's time to lead the world and ensure the internet remains safe and free.
The world is a pretty dark place right now. Economic inequality off the charts. The climate emergency. Supreme Court corruption in the U.S. and corporate capture worldwide. Democracy in many nations coming apart at the seams. Fascism threatens. It’s enough to make you wish for some powerful being to come along and save us. But the truth is this: no heroes are coming to save us. The only path to real and progressive change is when well-informed, well-intentioned people—fed up with being kicked around by the rich, the powerful, and the wicked—get organized and fight for the better world we all deserve. That’s why we created Common Dreams. We cover the issues that corporate media never will and lift up voices others would rather keep silent. But this people-powered media model can only survive with the support of readers like you. Can you join with us and donate right now to Common Dreams? |
There are seven billion people in the world, and 95 percent of them live outside the United States. We know from dozens of revelations from the last year that few, if any, are immune from the watchful eyes of the National Security Agency.
Yet in its latest report on surveillance, the government's independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board focused almost exclusively on the rights of people inside the United States. Here are five reasons why the PCLOB should have defended the rights to privacy and free expression for everyone - including the 95 percent:
The United States has been a world leader in promoting and developing the internet. Now it's time to lead the world and ensure the internet remains safe and free.
There are seven billion people in the world, and 95 percent of them live outside the United States. We know from dozens of revelations from the last year that few, if any, are immune from the watchful eyes of the National Security Agency.
Yet in its latest report on surveillance, the government's independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board focused almost exclusively on the rights of people inside the United States. Here are five reasons why the PCLOB should have defended the rights to privacy and free expression for everyone - including the 95 percent:
The United States has been a world leader in promoting and developing the internet. Now it's time to lead the world and ensure the internet remains safe and free.