government-tech-industry-collaboration

This chapter traces the origins and evolution of mass surveillance in the United States, focusing on the post-9/11 expansion of government spying programs that bypassed traditional Fourth Amendment protections. It highlights the collaboration between the U.S. government and tech companies to collect vast amounts of personal data, the legal loopholes exploited to justify suspicionless searches, and the gradual normalization and legalization of warrantless wiretapping and data collection. The chapter also contextualizes these developments historically, linking them to earlier abuses of general warrants that helped spark the American Revolution.