>...Enough people think like that, and there's no pressure to make this practice illegal, no pressure from the public to get laws passed because while some people look at this practice and see their lives being made worse, many people look at this and see themselves being protected from bad guys.
Exactly, the problem is the people, not the system. I'm pretty sure such nonsense would never happen in a place with strong privacy protections like Germany. But the US is an authoritarian country, so the default stance is to always give more power to law enforcement.
> I'm pretty sure such nonsense would never happen in a place with strong privacy protections like Germany.
German government ministers announced plans to require companies like Facebook and YouTube to report certain forms of hate speech to the police and to provide the users’ IP addresses. Firms already have to delete such posts. -- https://apnews.com/article/ef38dbeb3c0d026e65f5dde6edeb3837
Exactly, the problem is the people, not the system. I'm pretty sure such nonsense would never happen in a place with strong privacy protections like Germany. But the US is an authoritarian country, so the default stance is to always give more power to law enforcement.