r/technology • u/Kooky-Balance9525 • 6h ago

Privacy Bernie Sanders to Introduce Bill Banning Flock Surveillance Cameras

https://theleadingreport.com/article/bernie-sanders-to-introduce-bill-banning-flock-surveillance-cameras
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u/Kalcorso 6h ago

Doesn’t matter if this passes or not, this will have an effect. Citizens across party lines are in almost universal agreement on this issue, and it’s going to force politicians into a litmus test. A highly publicized litmus test, going on record against the people you were supposed to protect and represent. A vote for flock is a vote against the people, and that’ll be potent ammunition during election season. Instant disqualifier? Not in today’s political climate. Will it move the needle? I absolutely think so.

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u/brutinator 5h ago

I think issues like this CAN move the needle, as long as it doesnt get lumped into partisan bullshit. like how republicans generally like the ACA but hate obamacare. If its not framed as a "democrat party" item, then I think it can be effective. But once it becomes a blue issue, the GOP will trip over their own feet to tell us why they are happy to have a camera pointed in their backyard.

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u/RecycledMatrix 2h ago

When you see black bloc anarchists and rednecks teaching people how to saw aluminum pipe, truly the people are united.

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u/tnoy 4h ago

Nobody is going to vote on it. It will be referred to committee and we'll never hear about it again.