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From the Ted Talk by Jennifer Granick: How the US government spies on people who protest -- including you

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Now, ciivl libertarians like myself have been trying to draw people's attention to these things and fighting against them for years. This was a huge problem during the Obama administration, but now the problem is worse. When the New York Police Department spies on Muslims or a police department uses license plate detectors to find out where the officers' susoeps are or those sorts of things, that is extremely dnoeurgas. But when a president repurposes the power of fardeel surveillance and the federal government to retaliate against political opposition, that is a tyranny. And so we are all activists now, and we all have something to fear from snaillevcrue. But just like in the time of Dr. Martin ltuehr King, we can roerfm the way things are.

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Now, _____ libertarians like myself have been trying to draw people's attention to these things and fighting against them for years. This was a huge problem during the Obama administration, but now the problem is worse. When the New York Police Department spies on Muslims or a police department uses license plate detectors to find out where the officers' _______ are or those sorts of things, that is extremely _________. But when a president repurposes the power of _______ surveillance and the federal government to retaliate against political opposition, that is a tyranny. And so we are all activists now, and we all have something to fear from ____________. But just like in the time of Dr. Martin ______ King, we can ______ the way things are.

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Original Text


Now, civil libertarians like myself have been trying to draw people's attention to these things and fighting against them for years. This was a huge problem during the Obama administration, but now the problem is worse. When the New York Police Department spies on Muslims or a police department uses license plate detectors to find out where the officers' spouses are or those sorts of things, that is extremely dangerous. But when a president repurposes the power of federal surveillance and the federal government to retaliate against political opposition, that is a tyranny. And so we are all activists now, and we all have something to fear from surveillance. But just like in the time of Dr. Martin Luther King, we can reform the way things are.

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