Republicans and Democrats in Congress have introduced competing legislation to rein in the government’s use of Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers (ALPRs) following widespread abuses by police and intense public backlash to the powerful surveillance technology. ALPRs allow police to track vehicles and their drivers across expansive areas by using a variety of easily…
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Both written by lobbyists.
Bet the Republican one leaves massive gaps that allow the entrenched corporations in the space the leeway to continue without any real restraints
It’s crazy to think a progressive, a conservative, a democrat, and a republican would allow mass surveillance in the first place. Its something all four should fundamentally and extremely oppose. But it’s the US, such political labels mean absolutely nothing.
Well they do, but it’s like borrowed language from the rest of the world, with nonsensical definitions.
A progressive is right of centre, a conservative wants the constitution gone, a republican is unaligned with the foundations of the republic, and a democrat puts the voice of the people below much of everything else.
