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Nancy Pelosi is the sole person on earth who can decide whether Bill Barr and the Trump Admin can check what porn you're watching without a warrant.

It's really that simple. SaveInternetPrivacy.org
To be frank, this will be one of the things that defines @SpeakerPelosi's legacy. If she decides to hand a POTUS she literally impeached for abuse of power nearly limitless surveillance authority, it's hard to see how history won't look upon her entire "resistance" as a sham.
If you ::checks notes:: don't think that Bill Barr and Donald Trump should be able to spy on your web browsing activity and search history without a warrant, you can give @SpeakerPelosi a call with just one click using this tool @fightfortheftr set up SaveInternetPrivacy.org
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BREAKING: The Senate just voted to reauthorize the Patriot Act, after rejecting an amendment that would have required the FBI to at least get a warrant before spying on Internet activity. Both parties just handed an authoritarian admin nearly limitless surveillance power
The Wyden/Daines amendment, which failed by JUST ONE VOTE (with several members who would have voted for it, including @BernieSanders, not present) would have required the FBI to get a warrant before looking at your browsing history and online activity.
The Senate did pass the Lee/Leahy amendment, which expands the role of the amici curiae to guard against FISA abuses like targeting of religious groups, political organizations and the press. But they otherwise reauthorized the surveillance programs in their entirely.
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i dunno if anyone maybe needs some good news for a change but ... remember those students who were told by their administration that they weren't allowed to introduce a student gov resolution to ban facial recognition?

it just passed overwhelmingly.

vice.com/en_us/article/…
Here's the story: students at Oakland Community College, near Detroit, were originally told by their administration that they were not allowed to introduce a student government resolution to ban the use of facial recognition surveillance on campus.
Then, on top of that, they were told they were not allowed to even host A FORUM on the topic of banning facial recognition surveillance on campus. They already had the event planned and had invited speakers from @justcitydetroit and @ACLUofMichigan.
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THREAD: In the weeks after 9-11 everyone was afraid.

Congress & the Bush administration exploited that fear to ram through the USA PATRIOT ACT, granting the government broad surveillance and detention authorities.

Twenty years later, we're still trying to get even basic reforms
Right now, people are understandably afraid of #COVID19.

But while we're stocking up on food & avoiding big events and washing our hands, we should also be preparing to organize en masse to oppose any attempts to exploit this public health crisis to crack down on civil liberties
Key provisions of the USA PATRIOT ACT are up for reauthorization.

The Trump admin has already teased the idea of more travel bans that are politically motivated, not about public safety.

We've seen increased censorship & surveillance in China & Russia in response to the virus
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