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Why everyone has a reason to fear (and fight against) massive surveillance:

2017-05-03

Nothing to hide.

We Should All Have Something To Hide

The NSA's Prism

You May Have 'Nothing to Hide' But You Still Have Something to Fear

#IStandWithAhmed

In fact, masses of people are inhibited by fear of pervasive surveillance: after Snowden showed everyone how much the US tracks people's browsing, there was a 20% decrease in visits to Wikipedia pages about topics relating to terrorism.

This is in addition to the fact that massive surveillance endangers democracy, and that harms all of us.

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