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zerostar07

> Oh, that does happen.

That's based on international law, while there is no such thing about privacy

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Actually it isn’t, in fact the US is kind of unique in that sense.

There's also Eritrea.

Wow, that makes it two.

https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/

Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Article 12

The UDHR is "not legally binding" [1]. It was analogous to a House Resolution, i.e. setting out general principles upon which actual law would be negotiated. "International law" most properly refers to ratified treaties, which have the force of law in their applicable jurisdictions.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human...

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