Makes sense, this is what neoliberal freedom looks like. It's freedom in name only.
Libs will praise this because at least they're given the opportunity to ask their government to provide documents, because if you asked this in China or Russia they would execute you, disappear you, then send you a document full of lies and propaganda before sending you to the gulag
the funny thing is in china if you asked this of the government they would just be like "yeah of course we monitor online activity it is for the safety of everyone and to ensure people aren't spreading harmful misinformation" and at least there i can appreciate the honesty even if i have criticisms of it
Best democracy in the world is the biggest load of shit foisted upon this cursed nation
in a bad country you can ask the state surveillance apparatus to give you their info but they'll just send you a page filled with black lines
Is crossing out "For official use only" a normal practice in FOIA?
laws don't usually work like magic incantations but shit like security classifications kind of do
The reason I learned the phrase 禁則事項 before I even started studying Japanese
See also: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/foilies-2024