[HN Gopher] Allowing mass surveillance at Olympics undermines EU...
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       Allowing mass surveillance at Olympics undermines EU efforts to
       regulate AI
        
       Author : marban
       Score  : 132 points
       Date   : 2023-03-24 17:43 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.amnesty.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.amnesty.org)
        
       | stametseater wrote:
       | The Olympics and other international orgs like FIFA are a huge
       | mistake and should be done away with completely. They are corrupt
       | organizations that exist to perpetuate themselves and serve the
       | interests of the corrupt government officials they specialize in
       | dealing with.
       | 
       | For instance, Russia used the 2014 Olympics in Sochi as a pretext
       | for buying tons of western special forces gear ostensibly to
       | provide security for the games. That gear, vastly superior to old
       | Soviet equipment, is now being used by Russia against Ukraine.
       | 
       | And now here we see the Olympics being used to normalize mass
       | surveillance. Enough is enough.
        
         | aliyfarah wrote:
         | I think it's telling you don't mention what exact 'special
         | forces gear' were provided. As far as I can tell all that was
         | provided were some machine guns and helmets, and don't see any
         | mention of anything useful like night vision goggles, radios
         | etc. Even if these forces were fully specced, SF equipment for
         | a few hundred soldiers would make zero impact on a conflict
         | like Ukraine.
         | 
         | It's interesting to see lately how people use their pet random
         | social/political issue and try draw some parallel with the
         | Russia/Ukraine war.
        
           | CamperBob2 wrote:
           | Oh, well, OK, if it was only some basic crowd-control gear
           | such as machine guns and what-not, no biggie, I guess. We
           | cool.
        
             | luckylion wrote:
             | The original argument was that Russia used it as a pretense
             | to get the equipment to then use it in Ukraine. Did you
             | think Russia didn't have any machine guns before 2014?
        
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         | yrcyrc wrote:
         | It's insane how this government is hell bent on pushing
         | solutions that were all but outlawed. The mandate covers to the
         | end of 2025, much further than the intended purpose.
        
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       | neilv wrote:
       | Note that this headline is by Amnesty International, not a news
       | organization, so it must be read very differently.
       | 
       | In a news story with conventions I've seen, I think the "France:"
       | in the headline would mean France officials were vocally opposing
       | or raising a concern about mass surveillance.
       | 
       | In this case, however, it seems Amnesty International is
       | _addressing_ France officials /public, after France officials
       | already decided to permit some kind of mass surveillance. Which
       | is almost the opposite.
        
         | dang wrote:
         | Ok, we've taken France out of the title now. Thanks!
        
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