Naomi Brockwell just warned that the West has no idea how close we are to becoming a surveillance state like China. And we’ve forgotten that privacy is a pillar of a free society. “It is privacy that protects every self-correcting mechanism we have.” “Whistleblowers.” “Investigative journalists.” “Protest movements.” “Opposition parties.” “These entities can’t exist without the protection of privacy.” “When that’s gone, it is going to be so difficult to get it back.” “We’ve had people in the U.K., in the United States, in Australia, look at what’s going on in China… saying, ‘This is great.’” “‘This is a great system for control that can make society better.’” “It is so dystopian.” “We need to be looking at things like that with a giant red flag and fighting it with everything we’ve got.” “Once you get over that panopticon surveillance precipice, it is so difficult to reclaim your freedoms.” @naomibrockwell