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Answer Overview

Response rates from 16.9k 1010 voters.

42%
Yes
58%
No
21%
Yes
56%
No
15%
Yes, but only by court order
2%
No, and enact legislation preventing government surveillance of citizen communications
3%
Yes, this is necessary to combat terrorism
3%
Yes, but only for those with criminal backgrounds

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Other Popular Answers

Unique answers from 1010 voters whose views went beyond the provided options.

 @9D63XH5answered…2yrs2Y

Only for persons of interest who may be involved or interested in terrorism etc, not everyday people as this is controlling and breaches privacy which we are entitled to.

 @9D4TSBVanswered…2yrs2Y

Yes but only if they are a person of interest for terror or criminal reasons, and a legal search warrant has been obtained. General, anonymized screening for problem words like "bomb" should be allowed, e.g. monitored by AI, and it it comes up x no. of times, maybe with other red flags a human can be flagged to assess and then alert the police (if threat seems imminent) or set the search warrant request in train.

 @9HK9YD6 answered…1yr1Y

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 @9FTVT7Lanswered…1yr1Y

I believe the government should concentrate on making out country way better than it is rather than surveillance of its people.

 @9FPG44Ranswered…1yr1Y

This happens already and so it should be used very discreetly and for select and discreet purposes to avoid serious criminal activity.

 @9FC3CBXanswered…1yr1Y

To an extent to combat terrorism. Not completely but enough to be able to get a handle of situations but more for suspicious people or random checks.

 @9FB734Lanswered…1yr1Y

Under statute / law govt can monitor where there is a legal interest and authority to do so - ie: under warrant applied for and given where criteria are met.