1. What is the issue?Governments and international organisations are developing and accessing databases to pursue a range of vague and ever-expanding aims, from countering terrorism and investigating crimes to border management and migration control.

Thank god we don’t live in some ridiculous Eastern European mass surveilance red terror dystopia. Anything even remotely close will never happen under a democratic leadership

  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip
    14·
    17 days ago

    Op clearly forgot the /s.

    If you think just because you live in a supposedly democratic nation that they are not doing these exact same things, you are either naive, ignorant, or stupid. Ignorance can at least be fixed by research.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
      3·
      16 days ago

      The databases at my company nearly 30 years ago were staggering at the time. I can only imagine.

  • youmaynotknow
    3·
    16 days ago

    Unfortunately this is basically every country, democratic or otherwise.