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> It's the leading country in phone taps That is worrying, but unfortunately not distinctive compared to other countries. > and has program that gives the pol
by Freak_NL 11y ago
> It's the leading country in phone taps
That is worrying, but unfortunately not distinctive compared to other countries.
> and has program that gives the police unlimited rights to harass individuals if the mayor of a city says so.
That is from 2006. Is that still an issue?
- tremon 11y agoIs that still an issue? It's unclear if the practice was entirely abolished, since it was introduced as a reinterpretation of existing law (where have we seen that before?) and has never been challenged in court. But this required a lot of dedicated police presence, and was targeted only towards specific individuals, when sanctioned by an elected offical. It appears the practice was silently discarded because it yielded no results: http://www.hpdetijd.nl/2009-07-10/zin-en-onzin-van-terrorrismebestrijding/ http://www.hpdetijd.nl/2009-07-10/zin-en-onzin-van-terrorris... (complete evaluation report is https://www.nctv.nl/Images/evaluatie-ct-2011_tcm126-444048.pdf https://www.nctv.nl/Images/evaluatie-ct-2011_tcm126-444048.p..., link in article is dead).