BruceLeeForever: Should I actually give a crap about this? Will it have an impact in any form, whatsoever on my daily life?

I honestly don't think so....

Maxvorstadt: Because american companies act worldwide? Ever heard of Google, Youtube and so on?

011284mm: I think in America you are half/third-right. There seems to be a very uneducated call back for segregation and limitations or the individual rights. A lot of the Universities who published demands wanted safe-spaces that would be segregated into black and white sections as well as choosing skin colour over ability in the faculty.
I also think I get now why the UK government is beginning to push the "how to survive a terrorist attack" matra again. We have not enough students protesting for mummying by their teachers here yet. So we might just go under another false flag early next year to get people to hand over their rights here too. So many people will also happily do it, they still believe that the government has their best interests and safety at heart.
After all you only have to look to France to see how they all knee-jurked into another pointless war that has absolutely nothing to do with them. Just as we did after 9/11 and the 7/7 bombings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAe7_kXTsbM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jxOXbpTmnk

You say about women being the majority of the supporters and on Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler and probably other places too, women do tend to be the first to call on people being hammered into line or out. So I guess I see where you are coming from. Even so, I really doubt that anyone with a functioning mind would actually be calling on the government to actively sweep through social media to ban bad words. They would probably be more likely (as they were with Google) to attack the companies running the sites to protect them.011284mm: Really? Have you any idea how many university students have been demanding that security forces crack down on everything happening on their campuses in the USA. They want teachers to have to curb saying bad words that hurt their feelings and to have books edited so they no longer can offend.
This is the same crap as when Christians say ban Harry Potter for showing witchcraft, it is just being said by different people using different words. The reality is, people wont like it when it happens, but they will happily vote for it right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJVZa9_Ha5c
Just look at the number of people on Twitter clambering for there to be better filters to stop people saying nasty things or all those who wanted Google to built up its wrong speak system. You know the reason when you log into Youtube it asks you do any of these videos offend or upset you? Also see the first 20 seconds of that same video.

Also in the UK people have become so accustom to having their privacy intruded that we now have the most CCTV cameras per person in the world, and we also have the highest amount of private (as in not owned by the government) CCTV's in the world. So again people might not like it when they see what it really happening, but they will at the same time happily encroach on others rights without a second thought.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/spy-britain-six-million-cctv-cameras-and-most-are-in-private-hands-8699934.html

011284mm: In my opinion he was, he just underestimated them.
Just look at China to see what Europe and the USA want for surveillance in 5-10 years time. It really wont be the government feeling the need to enforce it, they will just persuade others to do it for them.

BruceLeeForever: Should I actually give a crap about this? Will it have an impact in any form, whatsoever on my daily life?

I honestly don't think so....

BruceLeeForever: Should I actually give a crap about this? Will it have an impact in any form, whatsoever on my daily life?

I honestly don't think so....

wolfsrain: The year was 1984 and there was a Brave New World with a cozy temperature of 451 degrees Fahrenheit.

MrPopo: It won't. Unless you have this super principled notion of "privacy" and feel it necessary to hide behind three layers of proxies that still don't actually keep you secure but you at least feel safe in your tin hat.

Shadowstalker16: Easy to say. Not possible to prove. And already existing spying being legally legitimized means they're getting bolder. If you accept this, tomorrow it'll be a regulator on your credit card to monitor what you buy and from where, or a chip in your car to pinpoint its location, or an ID card that tracks whereabouts after you've been ''arrested'' for something minor.

BruceLeeForever: Should I actually give a crap about this? Will it have an impact in any form, whatsoever on my daily life?

I honestly don't think so....

markrichardb: Hard to say. You’ll probably be a little more careful about what you share online, subtle behavioural tweaks your mind can easily pass off as part of growing up. Although we’re probably a bit late for that considering a mistyped Google search and government watchlists have been a common sitcom joke for years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz7aF43PZsg

MrPopo: So access to credit card records (which they already have), a useful gadget for when I'm parked at the mall, and the existing ankle bracelets we have and use already? And those don't concern me because I've somehow managed to never get arrested, thanks to my magic system of "not being a dumbass who breaks the law."

tort1234: Bills like these get passed because the general public WANTS these bills to get passed.

The average person these days is obsessed with safety, security and comfort. They will happily give away their rights for the promises of more security.

Majority of patriot act supporters were women because they wanted online safety from supposed harassment and more security in their day to day lives.

Some of the slutwalk supporters in my neighbourhood are totally okay with the government putting up surveillance in every corner of the street. Their logic is that when they go to party dressed up like sluts, they want the feeling of safety knowing that the government is watching their back.
People like this happily support more government intrusion.

NessAndSonic: I think it is only fair that no double standards for corporations exist. In other words, no more trade secrets being kept. If people can no longer have their own privacy online, company trade secrets like software source codes should be available to the general public.