https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/woman-fined-facebook-pic-police-200506276.html
In the US, citizens have begun to film the police with abandon.
In turn, the police have started to wear bodycams in order to capture what they see.
In Spain, however, a new gagging law has been enacted. It's titled the Citizens Security Law.
When laws are named this way, you get the feeling that citizens' security might not be their primary aim.
This law limits what people can post on social networks about, for example protests. It also prevents "the unauthorized use of images of police officers that might jeopardize their or their family's safety or that of protected facilities or police operations."
Oddly, this law has just been used to fine a woman who took a photograph of a police car. This particular car was parked (illegally) in a disabled spot.
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Intimidation, anyone?
In the US, citizens have begun to film the police with abandon.
In turn, the police have started to wear bodycams in order to capture what they see.
In Spain, however, a new gagging law has been enacted. It's titled the Citizens Security Law.
When laws are named this way, you get the feeling that citizens' security might not be their primary aim.
This law limits what people can post on social networks about, for example protests. It also prevents "the unauthorized use of images of police officers that might jeopardize their or their family's safety or that of protected facilities or police operations."
Oddly, this law has just been used to fine a woman who took a photograph of a police car. This particular car was parked (illegally) in a disabled spot.
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Intimidation, anyone?