Over the past few year‘s the Federal Government of the United States has stepped up efforts to further implement guidelines on how big tech companies like Facebook and Twitter use personal information gathered on their users.

Off-hand it seems like a worthwhile issue for the Federal Government to take up considering what happened during the 2016 election. Not to mention big tech guidelines on harvesting personal date is something the everyday user themselves can’t help to avoid considering the importance big tech has become in the everyday lives of the American public.

Then again though, this is the United States government we’re talking about which means what’s good for the goose isn’t necessarily good for the gander. At least when it comes to the Governments own uses of private personal data on its citizens.

For big tech companies like Facebook and Twitter, their use of personal data is generally used to gain an upper hand when it comes to target advertising. For the Federal Government, they’ll mask its use of personal data as a way to at first gain support of the mass public by stating that it’ll be used to solve crimes and better understand the population to help deliver better bureaucratic support to the people. Then there’s the probability the Government will use that information for far more nefarious purposes like squashing political dissent.

Political dissent has been something the Trump Administration has in recent weeks taken aim at — without yet pulling the trigger on any regulation — when the President tweeted about possibly designating antifa as a “organization of terror”.

Recently the FBI has been soliciting proposals from outside vendors to pull swaths of public information from social media sites according to the Wall Street Journal. The report states that the request was meant to “mitigate multifaceted threats, while ensuring all privacy and civil liberties compliance requirements are met.” Furthermore, according to the Washington Post, the Trump Administration has pressured social media platforms to cooperate with the Government to help flag potential mass shooters.

However, given the POTUS’ most recent statement when it comes to protesting fascism and the general history when it comes to big government obtaining personal information on citizens (especially the U.S. Government), that information is often times used for political purposes or revenge.

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