03.01.2013 - 08:13 [ techdirt ]

People Freak Out About Privacy On Facebook, But Ignore Widespread Government Surveillance

Reason has a great (if disappointing) post noting the very different reactions from both the press and the public to silly and exaggerated stories about privacy issues around Facebook as compared to the Senate reapproving the FISA Amendments Act, which has almost certainly allowed massive surveillance of and collection of data and communications from millions of Americans.