Flightless Bird: Surveillance

In this week's Flightless Bird, David Farrier looks at how America surveils its own citizens and asks why America is a “spying superpower.” In 2022 alone, 145,000 Facebook users and 100,000 Gmail accounts were rifled through by the US government’s spy agencies. How come? Farrier delves into America’s Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and “Section 702" and talks with journalist Byron Tau, author of “Means of Control: How The Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government is Creating a New American Surveillance State.”

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Created & Produced by: David Farrier, Dax Shepard, Monica Padman, & Rob Holysz
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Edited by: Monica Padman, Billy Klein & Jake Anderson
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