One of the most disturbing aspects of the public response to Edward Snowdens revelations about the scale of governmental surveillance is how little public disquiet there appears to be about it. A recent YouGov poll, for example, asked respondents whether the British security services have too many or too few powers to carry out surveillance on ordinary people. Forty-two per cent said that they thought the balance was about right and a further 22% thought that the security services did not have enough powers. In another question, respondents were asked whether they thought Snowdens revelations were a good or a bad thing; 43% thought they were bad and only 35% thought they were good.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 08:23:07 +0000
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