Dataminr tracked Gaza-related protests

Post by _bin_ » Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 6:13 PM UTC

rqtwteye wrote: post #3

Unless there is a massive rethink of a lot of laws we are running into a surveillance state worse than Orwell could have come up with. "No expectation of privacy in a public space" made sense when there were no databases that could record and analyze everything that's going on and people didn't live half of their lives on the internet. And tech is only going to accelerate the ease of total surveillance. I think Jeffe…

Post by johnisgood » Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 6:15 PM UTC

_bin_ wrote: post #12

rqtwteye wrote: post #3

Unless there is a massive rethink of a lot of laws we are running into a surveillance state worse than Orwell could have come up with. "No expectation of privacy in a public space" made sense when there were no databases that could record and analyze everything that's going on and people didn't live half of their lives on the internet. And tech is only going to accelerate the ease of total surveillance. I think Jeffe…

> Jefferson proposed to let the constitution expire every 19 years. This is a terrible idea, actually. The risks of opening the door to majorly modifying the Constitution are very, very high. There are a lot of core freedoms (speech, arms, press come to mind) that would likely come off worse, not better, were we to do so. Which get hit hardest would depend mostly on who's in office at the time, which is extra bad.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 6:16 PM UTC

josefritzishere wrote: post #4

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Post by bavent » Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 6:19 PM UTC

giraffe_lady wrote: post #9

jeffbee wrote: post #7

It is not "surveillance" when the cops see your tweets.

Judging by the cops I see around chicago their main responsibility is reading tweets actually.

Post by delichon » Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 6:20 PM UTC