"Authorities in Ireland are set to be given access to private social media conversations in order to spy on anti-mass migration sentiment following the riots in Dublin.
After an Algerian migrant stabbed three children outside a primary school, fiery but mostly peaceful protests broke out in the Irish capital.
Authorities reacted by being more outraged at the protesters than the actual would-be child murderer, who should have been deported 20 years ago and was previously released after being arrested for carrying a knife.
Now Irish people who share spicy memes in WhatsApp chat groups are going to be under government surveillance should this new ‘hate speech’ legislation pass.
“Gardai will be able to access and intercept private conversations on social media sites under new legislation, as the Justice Minister promised to crack down on crime following the riots in Dublin,” reports the Irish Times https://substack.com/redirect/5c3ac2a3-1a62-4acc-bc26-7789669f0059?j=eyJ1IjoiMTVqYnRvIn0.au6NgCsdgsf5goCifuX5t6Uq_hr0GKSIo-F6bUfPMWs
Service providers "own" the data on "their" services, so when the service provider chooses to give or sell that information, the government does not need a warrant.