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No, the point isn't just to stop legal action against ICE, it's also to go after anyone who posts drone footage that goes viral.

Party of free speech, btw.



We should make a website outside the US for posting drone footage of ICE anonymously.


Put it in Sweden[0]. At least you'd have de jure source protection.

[0]: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Källskydd


Yes, but this is in effect since 2023:

> Proposed new law could see Swedish media prosecuted for espionage

> Swedish media outlets who uncover news which damages Sweden's relations abroad could be charged with spying, if a controversial law gets the go-ahead.

https://www.thelocal.se/20171207/new-law-could-see-swedish-m...


Note: de jure, not de facto.

I'm pretty sure most news outlets would cave with the right pressure, with or without any new laws. On top of that is the fact that the department for foreign affairs is the department where the line between ministry and department is the thinest* - I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if, in such a scenario they'd be asked, especially by the US, to put a stop to something, they'd actually put (unofficial, undocumented) pressure on the entity or person in question.

* As opposed to most democracies ministerial rule is highly frowned upon in Sweden, and as a minister you can't issue official decrees that govern how the department itself interpret laws or conduct its business. Instead you (e.g. the parliament) change laws and society act accordingly.


> Note: de jure, not de facto.

It always is until it is too late.


It would be very strange for the government to sue someone for redistributing videos on the basis that they had been taken from an illegally flown drone.


Well, it's a good thing we aren't living under a very strange, corrupt, and incompetent government.

(/s if it wasn't obvious, and anyone who needed that should try changing the channel every once in a while)


yeah, that too, good point.




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