RIGHT BACK AT YA
Via the Emperor, I've discovered that anyone can now be Big Brother's Big Brother. I quote from the site's front page:
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In the United States, there is a widening gap between a citizen's ability to monitor his or her government and the government's ability to monitor a citizen. Average citizens have limited access to important government records, while available information is often illegible. Meanwhile, the government's eagerness and means to oversee a citizen's personal activity is rapidly increasing.
As the government broadens internal surveillance, and collaborates with private institutions to access data on the public, it is crucial that we maintain a symmetry of accountability. If we believe the United States should be a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people" it is of central importance to provide citizens with the power to oversee their government. At least as much effort should be spent building tools to facilitate citizens supervising their government as tools to help the government monitor individuals.
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And what a tool they have. Pull up a chair & see what your duly elected bureaucrat has been up to.
posted by Harvey at 11:49:16 PM permalink HOME
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