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bk15dcx t1_irbr22t wrote

Reply to comment by Slave35 in White House Releases Blueprint for Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights by izumi3682

By 9/11 you mean the Patriot Act, which wasn't patriotic at all

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Jq4000 t1_irbrtyx wrote

It bravely and heroically curtailed our freedoms and privacy!

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Breakfest-burrito t1_ircorkm wrote

Thanks Obama for signing it into infinity when you had the chance to let it die

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hack-man t1_irhvj9d wrote

Is this true? Wiki tells me he extended it until 2019 (not infinity) and since then the law has expired instead of being re-re-extended:

> In May 2011, President Barack Obama signed the PATRIOT Sunset Extensions Act of 2011, which extended three provisions. These provisions were modified and extended until 2019 by the USA Freedom Act, passed in 2015. In 2020, efforts to extend the provisions were not passed by the House of Representatives, and as such, the law has expired

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Breakfest-burrito t1_iri2rhl wrote

Ah sorry, I mentally checked out when covid hit, so I guess Obama had it expanded just during his presidency...which isn't that much better

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