| ▲ | skinfaxi 4 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||
What is the rationale to restrict it to citizens? Do you prefer a more open or more closed society? | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | andsoitis 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
The US and UK let anyone in the world file a request, regardless of citizenship. Countries that don’t usually rationalize: government is answerable primary to those it governs and taxes, limit flood of requests, some laws only extend rights to citizens of countries that offer similar rights back, worry that other governments could use it as low cost intelligence gathering, harder to charge or pursue fees. | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | throw1234567891 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Define society. Is some dude in the USA, or UK part of the German society? | |||||||||||||||||
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