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They're 911 calls. Show me one example of a 911 call and its misrepresentation being used to really harm somebody. Control only means those in power will abuse

They're 911 calls. Show me one example of a 911 call and its misrepresentation being used to really harm somebody. Control only means those in power will abuse that control and prohibit its use as a method of ensuring accountability and transparency in how 911 hotlines are run. Further, I think privacy is worth preserving for privacy's sake. We all have a right to it. But there are times where we have to give up rights in order to serve the interests of the community. I know it's not a popular way of thinking in the US, but it's just a fact of living in a society with other people. We don't have the complete freedom to do anything and everything we want. Giving up the privacy of 911 calls has clear benefits, and I haven't yet seen sufficient evidence that enough harm is caused by them being public to consider otherwise. Even further, these states aren't making these records private for privacy reasons. You're just playing into their narrative and defending them on morality when they're doing it to cover their asses.

Retric 7y ago
Really harm seems like an arbitrary and unrealistic bar for this stuff. Calls before the caller died often make the news, personally I don’t want to be remembered that way and I doubt most of them want those moments made public. Often, 911 callers are in situations they would like to keep private and outside of criminals cases it seems unlikely for significant public benefit to occur should they generally be made so. Sure, you can get the details on 911 calls made from the World Trade Center on 9/11 here: http://thememoryhole2.org/blog/911-911-calls http://thememoryhole2.org/blog/911-911-calls But, why must this be public info?
- cannonedhamster 7y ago
  Citing 9/11 is a great example. We have better information of what happened, how people became trapped, and how the response was handled. At the very least family members should be able to obtain access to recordings about their family and callers should be able to obtain their own calls. This isn't some wildly hard concept. Calls to a public entity about private individual happen. Medicine is another field that exists but family members can gain access if needed.

Retric 7y ago

Really harm seems like an arbitrary and unrealistic bar for this stuff. Calls before the caller died often make the news, personally I don’t want to be remembered that way and I doubt most of them want those moments made public. Often, 911 callers are in situations they would like to keep private and outside of criminals cases it seems unlikely for significant public benefit to occur should they generally be made so. Sure, you can get the details on 911 calls made from the World Trade Center on 9/11 here: http://thememoryhole2.org/blog/911-911-calls http://thememoryhole2.org/blog/911-911-calls But, why must this be public info?

cannonedhamster 7y ago
Citing 9/11 is a great example. We have better information of what happened, how people became trapped, and how the response was handled. At the very least family members should be able to obtain access to recordings about their family and callers should be able to obtain their own calls. This isn't some wildly hard concept. Calls to a public entity about private individual happen. Medicine is another field that exists but family members can gain access if needed.