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A New Bill Would Force Tech Companies to Report Their Users for Drugs
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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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America, Smart. Pick one.

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.

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

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.