Spying on democracy
Subtitle: government surveillance, corporate power, and public resistance
By: Heidi Boghosian ; foreword by Lewis Lapham
Series: Open media series; Open Media book
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780872865990
Subjects: National security; Electronic surveillance; Civil rights; Right of Privacy; Liberty; Intelligence service; Terrorism; Prevention
Description: "Personal information contained in your emails, phone calls, GPS movements and social media is a hot commodity, and corporations are cashing in by mining and selling the data they collect about our private lives. "Spying on Democracy" reveals how the government acquires and uses such information to target those individuals and/or groups it deems threatening"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.