laanwj on Nostr: it's emotional race-to-the-bottom thinking that became popular around 9/11 with ...
it's emotional race-to-the-bottom thinking that became popular around 9/11 with terrorism, "CSAM is infinitely bad so it warrants infinitely bad measures"
the more idealistic governance where measures are tested against other, what you would say, important cornerstones of civilization, like civil liberties, are long gone. Only this absolute (questionable) measure of safety matters and even bringing up privacy, freedom of speech and movement, or even whether a measure would really be effective, is ever more of a taboo
"we have to do something!!! don't get in the way!!!"
the more idealistic governance where measures are tested against other, what you would say, important cornerstones of civilization, like civil liberties, are long gone. Only this absolute (questionable) measure of safety matters and even bringing up privacy, freedom of speech and movement, or even whether a measure would really be effective, is ever more of a taboo
"we have to do something!!! don't get in the way!!!"