53 points Frieren 1 hour ago 10 comments
everdrive 1 hour ago | parent
Better not prosecute people who cut down the cameras then, since that's part of the non-real backlash.
CGMthrowaway 53 minutes ago | parent
As with most antistate issues today, there is a mix of bots/institutional interference (both foreign and domestic), and real people. Both can be true.
CodingJeebus 2 minutes ago | parent
The concern with this is that it gives any company/government/etc. latitude to plant paid protestors or bot traffic in order to undermine opposition with greater efficacy in the AI era. Intelligence agencies have understood this tactic for many years.
rexpop 39 minutes ago | parent
I'm attending in-person local political organizing meetings and we're all just locals concerned about, among other things, Flock.
I would like to personally register my own homegrown, organic, hard-working American backlash.
verdverm 27 minutes ago | parent
If they installed flock at county board meetings and gov rep town halls, they would know what real people think about their company
BoxwoodSeed 31 minutes ago | parent
Historically it was an easy step going from "these people are not real" to "these people are now dead".
01HNNWZ0MV43FF 28 minutes ago | parent
"Paid protesters"
Every accusation is a confession. Flock pays for support. They have a marketing department and they tell cops what to tell elected officials to think.
boringg 9 minutes ago | parent
It would be funnier if it was paid protesters that they had paid so that they could say that.
derbOac 24 minutes ago | parent
Clearly a company denying that the public comprises real people with real autonomy should be entrusted with privacy issues.
alexjplant 3 minutes ago | parent
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