This is actually most likely the case. His fanbase typically does not have the highest cunning when it comes to commiting crimes. That, coupled with the Republicans planning hate crimes and the such, probably encourages requiring agencys get warrants before accessing the metric shit ton of data that brokers sell. It would make it harder to gather evidence if another insurrection occured.
I’m really encouraged to see that congress is actually doing something to revive the 4th amendment. It is essentially dead in the digital space right now.
The vote was pretty bipartisan, actually. There is a faction in both parties that wants this and a faction in both parties that doesn’t.
Republicans:
Yay: 123
Nay: 90
Present: 0
No Vote: 5
Democrats:
Yay: 96
Nay: 109
Present: 1
No Vote: 7
It scares me how many in both parties believe that warrantless surveillance of citizens is appropriate. Sure, maybe law enforcement can’t perform warrantless themselves, but I don’t see much difference between doing it themselves and buying it from professional data brokers.
In fact, it is almost certainly more efficient and less costly to buy the data than to develop their own systems for collection and sorting. Getting this kind fo info on suspects might not even be possible for law enforcement without purchasing it.
at face value it seems better than nothing, but in reality if the data can be bought then it doesn’t really help in the end. what would be more effective (imo) in protecting privacy would be to prevent the collection of data in the first place.
Usually any ideological overlap I have with the GOP is made in bath faith on their part. That, or the reason they arrive at the "right" conclusion involves reasoning much different than my own.
But hey, sometimes you just gotta take the win in life.
Wasn’t there a news piece or comedy bit where someone bought all sorts of 3rd party info from databrokers on all of congress or something and what they got spooked?
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