The compromised smart tvs in your country were manufactured by someone that could be held liable for operating a "stealth" bot network, or for allowing someone to do so through negligence.

As for journalists, nothing is stopping their legal department from petitioning a judge to issue a temporarily exemption from the law for a specific period of time under a specific written purpose.

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lstodd 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> As for journalists, nothing is stopping their legal department

and this is the point.

so people without a 'legal department' are shut off.

	▲	Spivak an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Sure but this probably wouldn't happen like that, what would happen is that when journalists make that petition it creates a real special case in the law available to everyone.