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Re:Facial recognition system risks 'chilling effect' on free... by mschuster91 on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @05:11AM (#18398181)
> It could be used to harass non-criminal supporters of these measures(caught a SSM proponent jaywalking!) and prosecute those engaged in the target criminalized activity, preventing movements to legalize these activities from ever gaining momentum

That's why cannabis was criminalized in the first place: target hippies and PoC, get their leaders silenced.

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Re:Facial recognition system risks 'chilling effect' on free... by TheAnig on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @04:50PM (#18402703)
It was actually pushed by big-pharma to keep the more lucrative opioid based patented medicines going versus the CBT, THC based equivalents. Look at the new products introduced by Canadian pharma for more details.
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