• Candelestine@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    … wtf is going on over there… What kind of douchebags did you guys elect? I mean, I’m American, I know I can’t throw stones here, but y’alls were better than that. You like, wisely stood against our 9/11 invasion and we probably should’ve listened.

    But, wtf?

    btw, if anyone was too lazy to dig, this publication is a nigerian newspaper that actually seems legit. Founded in 2020, so pretty new still. Looking at their front page they mostly just do local reporting. Has had run-ins with local power.

    • Count042@lemmy.ml
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      2 years ago

      You know that America just… does this, right? No bill, no law… In fact it was the first to do this at all. It’s why in crime shows they remove the battery (from phone where you still can, of course.)

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        2 years ago

        No, the “Patriot” Act did authorize stuff like this in the US. There was also the “Freedom” Act, and generally this is all FISA stuff that has very low standards for what’s allowed.

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        2 years ago

        It would require a warrant signed by a judge with probable cause.

        Wiretap warrants aren’t easy.

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          1 year ago

          Sorry for the late response, but remind me again how many warrants the FISA court has denied?

          That’s an approval rate of 99.97%

    • Boiglenoight@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I mean, I’m American, I know I can’t throw stones here

      Right? I’m wary of chastising any first world country at the moment. The past 7 years in particular have been especially WTF