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The Cooper Davis Act would force tech companies to report suspected drug activity to the government. Experts say it would be a disaster for digital privacy.

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[–] LemmyNameMyself@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Every country has survaillance, US just makes the most noise with laws being passed. It's the principle that matters - once other countries see that a certain law allows them to monitor people more closely, they'll want to pass their version of that law. Australia is basically a Police State, UK also has very privacy-invasive laws.

[–] Raphael@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Weird, only China gets called out for it by American media.

[–] LemmyNameMyself@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I mean, no suprise there, every country calls out every other country on that. It's only OK for the American goverment agencies to spy on Americans.