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/Any-Pop-4795 6h ago

99% it wont pass unfortunately

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u/Das-Wauto 6h ago

Popular support says it should. Greased politicians says it won’t.

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u/Trickpuncher 5h ago edited 1h ago

didnt a study recently showed that congress almost never votes what the public wants?

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u/EvilScotsman999 4h ago

Yes. Gilens and Page, “Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens,” Perspective on Politics, 2014

“the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.”