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I wonder what precipitated this slew of coverage. In my subjective experience, when Western European states do something creepy or authoritarian, publications l
by crocodiletears 6y ago
I wonder what precipitated this slew of coverage. In my subjective experience, when Western European states do something creepy or authoritarian, publications like the WP and NYT seem to ignore or downplay it. Never gets much play here in the US unless you're reading fringe publications.
Are France and the US in a policy dispute? Or is it just the strike against academia and critical race theory?
- littlestymaar 6y agoIt used to be the same about France (France has been on this slope for a decade), but now the French political situation has become more than just “something creepy or authoritarian”, and is becoming really scary even by American standards. In a law proposal discussed today, facial recognition via drones will be deployed and filming the police will get you in jail for up to 48h without seeing a judge, and your phone/camera will be taken from you for up to six month, again without judge intervention.