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This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 87%. (I'm a bot)


The French government is fast-tracking special legislation for the 2024 Paris Olympics that would allow the use of video surveillance assisted by artificial intelligence systems.
Amnesty International called the proposal a "Turning point" in the use of AI surveillance technologies in France and said it marked a "Dangerous step" for human rights and privacy rights.
Bastien Le Querrec, of the French NGO La Quadrature du Net, which campaigns on data and privacy issues, said the proposal to authorise video surveillance by algorithm "Seems to us particularly dangerous, disproportionate and puts in place a mechanism of mass surveillance".


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Im already being spied on every day by big tech who sell data to "Data Brokers" who are definately not including World Governments.
If we cant even agree that its a bad thing, how the hell are we ever going to stop shit like this from becoming the norm? >

Of course it’s going to be used to extend police powers.  Even if they didn’t do this, they would be extending police powers anyways. >

If we don't give our overlords absolute power then the terrorists win.
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Ban Russian athletes >

This would be a lot bigger issue if a significant portion of the European population didn't secretly derive a masochist pleasure from being governed harder. >

You are ignorant.