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  • halcyoncmdr@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Anyone dealing with this administration in ANY capacity need to start recording all of their calls without notice. Recording consent laws are state-level, and most states only require you to know it is being recorded.

    Would you rather have proof they threatened you? Or maybe a fine and/or minimal jail, assuming they can even find a jury to convict you for recording threats, AND that there isn’t an exception (several two-party consent States have exceptions that cover things like illegal activity, threats, etc).

    One-Party Consent States (38):
    Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, District of Columbia

    Two-Party Consent States (13):
    California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington

    https://www.recordinglaw.com/united-states-recording-laws/

    • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io
      2·
      2 months ago

      What happens if a person in two party consent state calls someone in a one party or vice versa? Which state law applies?

      • grue@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        The one-party state law applies to the person in the one-party state.

        The two-party state might bitch and moan and claim otherwise, but guess what? It doesn’t have jurisdiction!

        • AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          1·
          2 months ago

          I am not a lawyer, but I live in a one party state and my friend had to record multiple calls for a reason to a company in a two party state and he still won handily and it never came up. Just anecdotal data.