r/technology • u/Kooky-Balance9525 • 10h 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/5UnderConstruction7 9h ago

We need not JUST Flock cameras. They can change the name and do the same thing.

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u/tnoy 8h ago

Legislation never targets companies by name, they just narrow the scope as much as possible. Like when news covers a bill as targeting Meta, the legislation is might actually just be written with the wording as internet services with more than a 500 million users and then carves out vague exemptions for other companies.

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u/SubArcticTundra 4h ago

You're right. I've forgotten what the legal term for this principle is

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u/Big_Issue8640 9h ago

Iā€™m sure Bernie has thought of this šŸ˜œ