alt Hacker NewsMan am I glad I live in America. Despite everything, it's still the land of the free and the home of the brave. The federal system here means that the majority of weird shit happens at the state level.
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account42 • last Monday at 11:01 AM
I salute you sir, a true PATRIOT. Your PRISMatic view of the world truly knows no bounds.
immibis • last Monday at 8:25 PM
The more they have to tell you that you're free, and the more they make want to tell other people that you're free, the less free you actually are.
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_Algernon_ • last Monday at 10:03 AM
The country that had prosecution of political opponents during the Red Scare and patriot act is better? The US is the country that started all this privacy invading BS and is still way ahead on that front.
After all Chat Control hasn't actually passed yet.
The company lobbying for the proposal is a US surveillance company called Thorn. They have correctly identified that the EU is weak and you can just say "children" and politicians will agree to anything however. Even if it doesn't achieve anything.
https://balkaninsight.com/2023/09/25/who-benefits-inside-the...