alt Hacker NewsWhy punish the employees of a business when the root cause is corrupt government employees abusing their power?
Edit to respond to smt88:
IBM knowingly selling services to the Nazis specifically to violate human rights is not the same as Flock selling services to cops to aid in identification. In addition, going after 1 business is simply an inefficient use of resources, when the government employees can simply use a different business to abuse their power.
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Your question is too unspecific. We're talking about cop tech and surveillance, which has a very specific business ecosystem.
Do you think IBM executives should've been punished for facilitating the Nazi war machine after WW2?
If you sell a tool and know that it'll be used for evil, are you innocent?
I didn't say the employees should be imprisoned. I said the c-suite, the ones actually in charge. They're enabling these cops to be lazy and not do their job properly, and have directly contributed to numerous human rights violations.