reclaimthenet on Nostr: 🚨 In the wake of the tragic New Year's Eve attack in New Orleans, Orleans Parish ...
🚨 In the wake of the tragic New Year's Eve attack in New Orleans, Orleans Parish DA Jason Williams is hinting at sweeping surveillance measures, citing Europe's CCTV-heavy approach as a model.
Williams says "things are going to have to change"—and surveillance is the solution.
Williams suggests America rethink privacy norms for “public safety,” proposing pervasive monitoring of pedestrian areas and event spaces. He praises the UK’s camera networks as "proactive tools," even as privacy advocates warn these systems erode freedoms while failing to guarantee security.
Critics aren’t wrong: in Europe, "anti-terror" surveillance routinely bleeds into mass tracking of everyday citizens. Turning New Orleans into a testbed for such tech risks setting a precedent that reshapes public life nationwide—constant monitoring, diminished privacy, no clear benefit.
We’ve seen this before. After 9/11, "security" initiatives expanded unchecked, often at great cost to civil liberties.
Williams says "things are going to have to change"—and surveillance is the solution.
Williams suggests America rethink privacy norms for “public safety,” proposing pervasive monitoring of pedestrian areas and event spaces. He praises the UK’s camera networks as "proactive tools," even as privacy advocates warn these systems erode freedoms while failing to guarantee security.
Critics aren’t wrong: in Europe, "anti-terror" surveillance routinely bleeds into mass tracking of everyday citizens. Turning New Orleans into a testbed for such tech risks setting a precedent that reshapes public life nationwide—constant monitoring, diminished privacy, no clear benefit.
We’ve seen this before. After 9/11, "security" initiatives expanded unchecked, often at great cost to civil liberties.