NSA Surveillance May Have Dealt Major Blow To Global Internet Freedom Efforts

An anonymous reader writes "Simply put, the US government has failed in its role as the 'caretaker' of the internet. Although this was never an official designation, America controls much of the infrastructure, and many of the most popular services online are provided by a handful of American companies. The world is starting to sober up to the fact that much of what they've done online in the last decade is now cataloged in a top-secret facility somewhere in the United States. The goal has been to promote internet freedom around the world, but we may have also potentially created a blueprint for how authoritarian governments can store, track, and mine their citizens' digital lives."

Comments

Human are stupid everywhere

[Taco Cowboy]

Is it too late for the NSA to spin this as just a huge misunderstanding?

Actually taking this into consideration, no, it's not too late.

Too many Americans are too fucking stupid to give enough of a shit for these revelations to cause real change.

Actually too many humans staying OUTSIDE of the United States of America are as fucking stupid as those who stay inside.

There ought to be a great opportunity for creative advertising agencies to formulate new worldwide massive round of spin campaign for the very cash-rich No Such Agency

Re:They need a better PR firm.

[smooth wombat]

You have to remember, half the population have two digit IQs

So now we're using IQ points as a measure of how smart someone is? I thought IQ tests and their results weren't a true measure of ones intelligence.

Either IQ tests and their results are a true measure of ones intelligence or they're not. You can't have it both ways.