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		Andrex 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It is no longer safe to move our governments and s... FOIA makes the US gov't one of the more transparent democracies, as a counterpoint. So much so it started getting copied by them. https://reason.com/2024/12/26/foia-for-all/

Nullabillity 7 months ago [–]

According to the very link you posted, the US was two whole centuries late to the party. Better late than never of course, but the spin of trying to then frame it as an American Victory(tm) is pretty ridiculous.

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