Police State Study Ranks UK 5th & US 6th Worst In The World

[Verðandi]

A study designed to rank countries in terms of how aggressively they monitor their populations electronically, has placed the US as 6th and the UK as 5th on a global index.The two countries lag behind only China, North Korea, Belarus and Russia in terms of governmental surveillance.The report, titled The Electronic Police State, was compiled from information available from different organizations such as the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Reporters Without Borders, Freedom House, the Ludwig von Mises Institute and The Heritage Foundation.52 countries were rated on 17 criteria with regard to how far down the line they are toward a total electronic police state.

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[Gary in TX]

Wow, that's kind of scary.