{"id":1902214,"date":"2023-03-21T14:56:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T18:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-u-s-government-is-building-a-vast-surveillance-and-speech-suppression-web-around-every-american\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T15:06:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T19:06:20","slug":"the-u-s-government-is-building-a-vast-surveillance-and-speech-suppression-web-around-every-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-u-s-government-is-building-a-vast-surveillance-and-speech-suppression-web-around-every-american\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. Government Is Building A Vast Surveillance And Speech Suppression Web Around Every American"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-u-s-government-is-building-a-vast-surveillance-and-speech-suppression-web-around-every-american%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1902214&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Our government is preparing to monitor every word Americans say on the internet\u2014the speech of journalists, politicians, religious organizations, advocacy groups, and even private citizens. Should those conversations conflict with the government\u2019s viewpoint about what is in the best interests of our country and her citizens, that speech will be silenced.<\/p>\n<p>While the \u201cTwitter Files\u201d offer a glimpse into the government\u2019s efforts to censor disfavored viewpoints, what we have seen is nothing compared to what is planned, as the details of hundreds of federal awards lay bare. Research by The Federalist reveals our tax dollars are funding the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning (ML) technology that will allow the government to easily discover \u201cproblematic\u201d speech and track Americans reading or partaking in such conversations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-2026327010\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-09c9474968ab6a4ebb2dff796e7dea90 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-09c9474968ab6a4ebb2dff796e7dea90\"><\/div>\n<p>Then, in partnership with Big Tech, Big Business, and media outlets, the government will ensure the speech is censored, under the guise of combatting \u201cmisinformation\u201d and \u201cdisinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>AI and ML Technology Will Monitor Everything We Say and Read<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The federal government has awarded more than 500-plus contracts or grants related to \u201cmisinformation\u201d or \u201cdisinformation\u201d since 2020. One predominant area of research pushed by the Department of Defense involves the use of AI and ML technology to monitor or listen to internet \u201cconversations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Originally used as a marketing tool for businesses to track discussions about their brands and products and to track competitors, the DOD and other federal agencies are now paying for-profit public relations and communications firms to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/17\/dod-pays-media-rating-scammers-to-create-propaganda-and-censorship-tech-for-u-s-government\/\">convert<\/a> their technology into tools for the government to monitor speech on the internet.<\/p>\n<p>The areas of the internet the companies monitor differ somewhat, and each business offers its own unique AI and ML proprietary technology, but the underlying approach and goals remain identical: The technology under development will \u201cmine\u201d large portions of the internet and identify conversations deemed indicative of an emerging harmful narrative, to allow the government to track those \u201cthreats\u201d and adopt countermeasures before the messages go viral.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4ae049bbda46bde0f89f2931711190a3 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4ae049bbda46bde0f89f2931711190a3\"><\/div>\n<p>With AI and ML <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakmetrics.com\/solutions\/narrative-media-monitoring\">identifying<\/a> in real-time the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakmetrics.com\/insights\/peakmetrics-wins-two-air-force-contracts-to-develop-technology-to-combat-disinformation\">origins<\/a> of supposed influence operations and how the messages spread, the government will have the ability to preempt the amplification of the speech, squelching even true reporting before the general populace has an opportunity to learn the news. To appreciate fully the danger this poses to free speech requires Americans to consider the use of that technology with these seven additional details.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. Everything Everywhere All At Once<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>First, the AI and ML technology under development will mine every conceivable mode of conversation for the government. Consider, for example, the databases monitored by just a few of the companies the government is paying to develop this AI and ML technology.<\/p>\n<p>PeakMetrics, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbir.gov\/sbirsearch\/award\/all?firm=peakmetrics&#038;topic=\">recipient<\/a> of a $1.5 million award, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakmetrics.com\/use-cases\/news-data\">tracks<\/a> millions of news sites, blogs, global social platforms, podcasts, TV and radio, and email newsletters.<\/p>\n<p>Omelas Inc., which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/search\/?hash=1308167d70d20908a26fb510085b246d\">received<\/a> more than $1 million in taxpayer money, culls <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/omelas\">data<\/a> from \u201cthe most influential newspapers, TV channels, government offices, militant groups, and more across a dozen social networks and messaging apps, thousands of websites, and thousands of RSS feeds.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f9d0585a6261f0e54dc53ac6853ad7f1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f9d0585a6261f0e54dc53ac6853ad7f1\"><\/div>\n<p>Alethea Group, which received a Phase I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbir.gov\/node\/2215263\">award<\/a> of nearly $50,000 to develop a \u201cmachine learning tool for proactive disinformation\/misinformation detection, assessment, and mitigation,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alethea.com\/resources\/categories\/offerings\">boasts<\/a> it covers data sources including mainstream and \u201cfringe\u201d social media platforms, peer-to-peer messaging platforms, blogs and forums, state-affiliated media sites, \u201cgray\u201d propaganda sites, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alethea.com\/post\/alethea-group-awarded-afwerx-sbir\">dark web<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Newsguard, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/17\/dod-pays-media-rating-scammers-to-create-propaganda-and-censorship-tech-for-u-s-government\/\">awarded<\/a> $750,000 by the DOD, offers two databases, including its <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/14\/why-newsguard-is-just-as-bad-as-the-pro-censorship-global-disinformation-index\/\">unreliable<\/a> reliability ratings database of thousands of news and information websites and a second database of purported hoaxes.<\/p>\n<p>Primer, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaspending.gov\/award\/CONT_AWD_H9240122C0002_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-\">scored<\/a> a $3 million award to develop its technology, offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/info.primer.ai\/rs\/521-SNC-658\/images\/The-Strategic-Imperative-of-AI-PubSec-datasheet.pdf\">database<\/a> that looks to news and media data sources, publicly captured images, the dark web, cyberattacks shared by the general public, and classified\u2014presumably for government clients\u2014and unclassified data sources. Primer also partners with <a href=\"https:\/\/primer.ai\/news\/flashpoint-announcement\/\">Flashpoint<\/a>, which adds \u201cTelegram, Reddit, Discord, and \u201cthe deep and dark web\u201d to the databases mined.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. We\u2019re Talking Americans, Not Just Russian Bots<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It is also important to recognize that the AI and ML technology under development will not just mine foreign or state-connected actors, but will monitor everyone\u2019s speech. Both the government grants and the web pages of the monitoring companies confirm this reality.<\/p>\n<p>We also know from the \u201cTwitter Files\u201d that the government and its fellow residents in the Censorship-Industrial Complex view the speech of Americans as related to foreign influence operations merely because the viewpoint matches what they claim is an adversary\u2019s perspective. And we know the government <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexBerenson\/status\/1612526697038897167\">pushed<\/a> for the censorship of ordinary Americans.<\/p>\n<p>By its nature, AI and ML technology has unlimited potential to flag problematic speech on any imaginable subject. Here, the past is prologue: Speech need not involve terrorism, acts of war, or even our electoral process for our government to consider it within its purview to fact-check. (It also need not be false; see point 4).<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cTwitter Files\u201d and recent events provide Americans a glimpse into the breadth of the topics the government may deem harmful narratives worthy of censor\u2014from elections, to vaccines, to runs on grocery stores. Underlying the government\u2019s obsession with silencing misinformation, disinformation, and mal-information is the \u201cGreat Power Competition\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/ndupress.ndu.edu\/Media\/News\/News-Article-View\/Article\/2404286\/1-introduction\/\">perspective<\/a> of foreign relations, under which China and Russia represent a constant threat to America\u2019s power, influences, and interests.<\/p>\n<p>With the government viewing foreign relations through the Great Power Competition paradigm, speech on <em>any <\/em>topic, touching even tangentially on America\u2019s \u201cpower, influences, and interests,\u201d will be fair game for censorship efforts.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. The Great Power Competition Renders Everything Fair Game for Censorship<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While to convincingly prove this reality requires a deeper expos\u00e9\u2014coming soon\u2014on the Great Power Competition\u2019s connection to the government\u2019s focus on misinformation, disinformation, and mal-information, last week Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, showcased the current thinking inspiring our leaders. During a conference call with the Federal Deposit and Insurance Corporation about the Silicon Valley Bank bailout, Kelly <a href=\"https:\/\/public.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-senator-mark-kelly-called\">asked<\/a> whether there was \u201ca way to censor information on social media to prevent a run on the banks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly\u2019s question was \u201ccouched\u201d \u201cin a concern that foreign actors would be doing this,\u201d Rep. Thomas Massie told <a href=\"https:\/\/public.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-senator-mark-kelly-called\">Public<\/a>, but, according to Massie, Kelly \u201cdidn\u2019t suggest the censorship should be limited to foreigners or to things that were untrue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move from the censorship of terrorism to the silencing of supposed interference in elections to censoring posts about \u201cbank runs\u201d follows naturally from the shift in foreign relations paradigms from the War on Terror to the Great Powers Competition. The latter views anything affecting American power or influence as fair game. We also saw this <a href=\"https:\/\/public.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-senator-mark-kelly-called\">shift<\/a> with the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/June%202022%20CSAC%20Recommendations%20%E2%80%93%20MDM_0.pdf\">proposal<\/a> to consider \u201cfinancial misinformation\u201d within its purview.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s censorship efforts won\u2019t stop at supposed \u201cfinancial misinformation,\u201d however, because anything and everything journalists report and citizens discuss affects America\u2019s \u201cpower, influence, and interest.\u201d So, the government\u2019s development of technology to monitor the entirety of the internet foretells a much more dangerous threat than apparent on the surface.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>4. The Government Brands True Speech Misinformation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The threat to free speech stemming from the government\u2019s monitoring of the internet is further increased by our overlords\u2019 willingness to brand true speech \u201cmisinformation, disinformation, or mal-information\u201d and then seek to censor it. The \u201cTwitter Files\u201d also exposed this reality, with our government and its lackeys seeking the censorship of true facts that might lead to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1636729166631432195\">vaccine hesitancy<\/a>\u201d or reveal runs on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidzweig\/status\/1607381544351698948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1607381544351698948%7Ctwgr%5E1897e477eb3113789baad9b5df1ee47daa7e6c01%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Ftwitter-files-donald-trump-administration-covid-content-moderation-1769978\">grocery stores<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That our government would seek to silence true speech on such matters gives Americans reason to fear further censorship of true information.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>5. Faulty Analysis and Biased Censors<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The \u201cTwitter Files\u201d also revealed that censorship demands by the government, think tanks, and academic institutions <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/06\/twitter-files-show-more-groups-used-hamilton-68s-bogus-methodology-to-sell-the-russia-hoax\/\">relied<\/a> on faulty misinformation analyses, including ones that identified innocent Americans as foreign actors. Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/28\/meet-the-partisans-who-wove-the-censorship-complexs-vast-and-tangled-web\/\">many<\/a> of those involved in the disinformation industry maintain left-leaning bias and a penchant for targeting conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>In furthering its plans to monitor the internet for supposedly harmful narratives to silence, the government is continuing to work with biased groups, including ones that pushed faulty analyses, adding to the threat to free speech.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>6. The Government\u2019s Partners Are Poised to Censor<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The government\u2019s push to develop AI and ML technology to mine the internet is even more terrifying knowing that a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/28\/meet-the-partisans-who-wove-the-censorship-complexs-vast-and-tangled-web\/\">Censorship<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/10\/the-censorship-complex-isnt-a-tinfoil-hat-conspiracy-and-the-twitter-files-just-dropped-more-proof\/\">Complex<\/a> has already been built. The \u201cTwitter Files\u201d revealed the breadth and depth of the complex, with every alphabet-soup federal agency working with the social media giants and an array of think tanks and academic institutions, and with the legacy media providing an assist when censorship requests went ignored.<\/p>\n<p>While Elon Musk may have exited Twitter from the group, the Censorship Complex still stands tall and ready to silence the speech of those who dare dissent. This public-private collaboration makes the government\u2019s move to monitor the internet even more threatening to free speech.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>7. Those Who Could Warn the Public or Stop the Plot Are All-In<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The threat is further heightened because those with the power to warn the public and demand the government stop silencing Americans\u2019 speech are complicit. The corrupt media\u2019s coverage, or lack thereof, of Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger\u2019s congressional testimony on the Censorship Complex proves this point. So too does the Democrats\u2019 pathetic performance during the hearings, when they exposed themselves as enemies of free speech.<\/p>\n<p>With Democrats, the legacy media, and many Republicans all in on the government\u2019s efforts to censor misinformation and disinformation, it will be extremely difficult for the public to recognize the risks free speech faces\u2014especially since those trying to sound the alarm have already been falsely branded purveyors of disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>A chance remains, though, that enough ordinary Americans will hear the message before it is too late and demand Congress close the Censorship-Industrial Complex.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-67f6cc308bc15d6f35f0271fb3ccfd05 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-67f6cc308bc15d6f35f0271fb3ccfd05\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">   Margot Cleveland is The Federalist&#8217;s senior legal correspondent. She is also a contributor to National Review Online, the Washington Examiner, Aleteia, and Townhall.com, and has been published in the Wall Street Journal and USA Today.     Cleveland is a lawyer and a graduate of the Notre Dame Law School, where she earned the Hoynes Prize\u2014the law school\u2019s highest honor. She later served for nearly 25 years as a permanent law clerk for a federal appellate judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Cleveland is a former full-time university faculty member and now teaches as an adjunct from time to time.     As a stay-at-home homeschooling mom of a young son with cystic fibrosis, Cleveland frequently writes on cultural issues related to parenting and special-needs children. Cleveland is on Twitter at @ProfMJCleveland. The views expressed here are those of Cleveland in her private capacity.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/ai\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">AI<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/big-tech\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Big Tech<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/censorship\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">censorship<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/censorship-complex\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">censorship complex<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/censorship-industrial-complex\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Censorship-Industrial Complex<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/department-of-defense\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Department of Defense<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/disinformation\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">disinformation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/domestic-terrorism\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">domestic terrorism<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/fact-checkers\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">fact checkers<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/factchecking\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">factchecking<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/federal-grants\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">federal grants<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/first-amendment\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">First Amendment<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/free-speech\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">free speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/information-warfare\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">information warfare<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/machine-learning\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">machine learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/malinformation\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">malinformation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/misinformation\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">misinformation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/newsguard\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">NewsGuard<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/peakmetrics\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">PeakMetrics<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/public-private-partnerships\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">public-private partnerships<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">social media<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/surveillance\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">surveillance<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/technology\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/twitter-files\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Twitter Files<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8216;From <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/21\/grants-reveal-federal-governments-horrific-plans-to-censor-all-americans-speech\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=grants-reveal-federal-governments-horrific-plans-to-censor-all-americans-speech\">&#8220;The U.S. Government Is Building A Vast Surveillance And Speech Suppression Web Around Every American&#8221;<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our government is preparing to monitor every word Americans say on the internet\u2014the speech of journalists, politicians, religious organizations, advocacy groups, and even private citizens. 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