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by hdgvhicv 29 days ago
Only america can think there no harm in mass collection of data, and actively is against any attempts to limit it (gdpr for example) because it’s “anti growth”
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hedora 28 days ago
The Swiss are, if anything, worse. They passed a mass surveillance law, it was challenged at referendum, and upheld with 70% of the vote:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/25/switzerland-vo...

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hdgvhicv 28 days ago
Maybe I should rephrase it

Only America loves having unaccountable private companies collect data but hate it when the accountable government does.

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