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Woman Arrested, Dragged Away After Speaking About Flock at City Council Meeting

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  1. _trampeltier · · focus · HN ↗
    As an european guy. Interesting to see things happen from far away. Knowing that crazy country has so much power, makes the near future of the whole world even more scary.
    1. CalRobert · · focus · HN ↗
      Indeed. Though omnipresent surveillance and restricted speech is an issue in some of Europe too.
      1. izacus · · focus · HN ↗
        On the other hand, I see a lot of HackerNewsers and European geeks utterly angry at laws that forbid (blanket) recording of public places and GDPR which controls what the videos can be used for.

        Every EU topic here is filled with people wishing for its destruction and dismantling of such privacy protecting laws.

        1. scottyah · · focus · HN ↗
          Europeans fear corporations more than government, and in the USA it's generally the opposite. The USA doesn't like when any entity gets too powerful.
          1. thrance · · focus · HN ↗
            No, Americans don't actually fear their government. Republicans are very much pro-ICE and in favor of expanded police budget (that is used for mass surveillance). And it's the same thing in Europe, the right has always been pro-surveillance and policing. They're just too stupid to understand that you can't only police your political enemies and racial minorities: surveillance impacts everyone.
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