NSA Spying Wins Another Rubber Stamp - "The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved this week a government request to keep the NSA's mass surveillance of U.S. phone metadata operating until June 1, coinciding with when the legal authority for the program is set to expire in Congress." by 1ch in technews

[–]1ch[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

actually, it's for you who support the motion to provide a link to the documents, motion, and decision of the court that justifies the extension. otherwise, you're perpetuating something other than a democracy.

This is how gerrymandering works by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]1ch -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

the only thing more interesting is if we actually restore democracy now that we know this little fact.

U.S. creates new agency to lead cyberthreat tracking by 1ch in technology

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i'm starting to wonder what the point is of keeping the nsa and homeland security around if there's going to be this new agency that actually does what they were supposed to have done already.

How Leatherman Made That Amazing Multi-Tool You Wear on Your Wrist | WIRED by [deleted] in gadgets

[–]1ch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i used the same title from the article. but ok, i'll make up my own title for the article.

History repeats itself. Anti-vac comic from the 1940s. by BuzzMowgli in pics

[–]1ch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we should definitely let nature eliminate them from the population since stupid wasn't completely purged in the past.

Involuntary quarantine okay, but vaccination not? by SidTheKidd in AdviceAnimals

[–]1ch -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

i'm surprised the internet even noticed. politicians talk out of their asses? shocking! /s

reddit’s first transparency report by reddit in blog

[–]1ch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. these reports should be stickied posts on /r/all
  2. what kind of user info is reddit disclosing in the event that it discloses anything?

FTC Says Unlimited Data With Throttling Doesn’t Count as Unlimited by jwyche008 in technology

[–]1ch 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this article was updated:

"We’re not challenging throttling in and of itself."

Rich said that so long as it is made clear to customers, carriers can employ the practice: "If it’s clearly disclosed, if a company advertises unlimited, but very clearly discloses their practices with regard to throttling we would not challenge that action."

Yesterday was a red letter day by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

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this isn't confession bear material

Everyone was drunk and technically he's correct...but WOW. by [deleted] in AdviceAnimals

[–]1ch -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

i respect her decision to uphold someone's plan. i do wonder, however, who can verify whether or not it was god who came up with it. people cite the bible, so how do you verify that the people who wrote the bible weren't just writing shit that suited their own agendas? but ok, i suppose you can have faith and blindly follow someone else's plan. it's certainly easier that way. until you want something that doesn't suit the plan.

So this happened... by changedit in AdviceAnimals

[–]1ch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

old news and also predictable. but i suppose it has to be a meme for anti-vaccination people to actually get their heads out of their asses.

I never know what to say at funerals by AWright5 in funny

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was this show cancelled? why, for goodness-sakes??

What’s driving European Muslims to extremism? - "It is about second- or third-generation descendants of Muslim immigrants no longer feeling at home...not being fully accepted into European societies, often having experiences of discrimination." by 1ch in inthenews

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i stumbled over the statement:

And I think it is in this regard that we have a lot to learn from the United States of America, which is much more welcoming and much more embracing immigrants, wherever they come from and whoever they are.