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nocoolnametomyesterday at 10:04 PM2 repliesview on HN

One way to possibly get the cameras taken down: insist on requesting the data as it's public data and should be publicly accessible.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/wa-cit...


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fc417fc802yesterday at 10:20 PM

It only gets them deactivated until the state legislature "fixes" the "loophole".

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ribosometronomeyesterday at 10:21 PM

If they're not already exempted by law, legislators are likely to carve out exemptions. Federally, the FOIA already exempts the government from releasing data that would violate privacy (which was one of the hurdles to releasing Epstein related documents prior to Congress passing a law to demand it).

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