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This California city just approved the use of Flock drones as first responders, but residents are worried about 'militarization and surveillance' (www.techradar.com)
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[โ€“] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Do they really have free speech though? I was gobsmacked seeing how a former US Army veteran spent a month in jail and lost his job for posting a meme of Charlie Kirk with one of his quotes. You wouldn't get locked up for posting something like that in Canada.

[โ€“] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago

You would in Britain though. Also, free speech rights will never block individual local tyrants from doing their thing before higher powers intervene. It just means they will intervene. Hopefully. Freedom of speech is definitely dropping in the states