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related - UK government has destroyed documents of thousands of immigrants who later became citizens, then it deported them for not having documents. This beca

related - UK government has destroyed documents of thousands of immigrants who later became citizens, then it deported them for not having documents. This became known as windrush scandal. https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-who-destroyed-the-windrush-landing-cards https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-who-destro...

rjmunro 4y ago
I think that's a slightly different category, as those were personal records, not public. Much as I love the Internet Archive, I don't think I want e.g. my tax returns to be stored there, at least not for 100 years or something, like census data.
- anonymousDan 4y ago
  Am I right in saying that such records are public in Norway? Or that at least they can be accessed by anyone although a record is kept of who requested access?
  - yencabulator 4y ago
    More like a single result box of a big form is made public. Think of an old school phonebook where instead of a telephone number, it lists a monetary amount.
    - anonymousDan 4y ago
      Ah, interesting. Does it report wealth or income? What kind of effects do you think it has on society? What do people actually do with the information?
      - yencabulator 4y ago
        Norway publishes total taxable income, tax paid, and taxable wealth. Sweden e.g. publishes salaries. This kind of thinking tends to e.g. help root out scammers, help investigative journalists looking into e.g. a politician's unstated motivations, eliminate gender pay disparity, keep the divide between rich and poor from growing massively, produce a more egalitarian society, and has created some of the least corrupt countries in the world. This talks a bit about the larger mindset behind this particular decision: https://theculturetrip.com/norway/articles/norway-country-public-tax-returns/ https://theculturetrip.com/norway/articles/norway-country-pu...
FpUser 4y ago
Yep they've ruined many lives just for the fuck of it and government morons who had concocted this whole thing got away with it. They should've been severely punished instead. This type of action is worthy of some dictatorship, not "humane, freedom loving democracy". Yeah. Humane my ass.

rjmunro 4y ago

I think that's a slightly different category, as those were personal records, not public. Much as I love the Internet Archive, I don't think I want e.g. my tax returns to be stored there, at least not for 100 years or something, like census data.

anonymousDan 4y ago
Am I right in saying that such records are public in Norway? Or that at least they can be accessed by anyone although a record is kept of who requested access?
- yencabulator 4y ago
  More like a single result box of a big form is made public. Think of an old school phonebook where instead of a telephone number, it lists a monetary amount.
  - anonymousDan 4y ago
    Ah, interesting. Does it report wealth or income? What kind of effects do you think it has on society? What do people actually do with the information?
    - yencabulator 4y ago
      Norway publishes total taxable income, tax paid, and taxable wealth. Sweden e.g. publishes salaries. This kind of thinking tends to e.g. help root out scammers, help investigative journalists looking into e.g. a politician's unstated motivations, eliminate gender pay disparity, keep the divide between rich and poor from growing massively, produce a more egalitarian society, and has created some of the least corrupt countries in the world. This talks a bit about the larger mindset behind this particular decision: https://theculturetrip.com/norway/articles/norway-country-public-tax-returns/ https://theculturetrip.com/norway/articles/norway-country-pu...

FpUser 4y ago

Yep they've ruined many lives just for the fuck of it and government morons who had concocted this whole thing got away with it. They should've been severely punished instead. This type of action is worthy of some dictatorship, not "humane, freedom loving democracy". Yeah. Humane my ass.