This technology is also being used to target social activist that are organizing demonstrations against the keystone XL pipeline. Construction is due to take place some time over the next year. The government is surveiling social media and other platforms, justifying their surveilance of american citizens under the Patriot Act, labeling them as domestic terrorists.

I'm reminded of the quote by Benjamin Franklin "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

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