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They're weaponizing noise to cause harm and injury to people's hearing in order to accomplish what, really, a loudspeaker could accomplish.
Joss: Devices like the LRAD are one of the more blatant examples that noise can be a form of power, and the power dynamics of noise play out at bigger scales, too.
I spoke to a researcher at Columbia who analyzed noise exposure across the United States.
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Initialism of long-range acoustic device: an acoustic hailing device used to send messages and warning tones over longer distances or at higher volume than normal loudspeakers.
“Since the early 1990s, long-range acoustic devices – also known as LRADs – have helped authorities control crowds of people, especially protesters. They emit a loud, painful sound over a long distance and make people run away.”
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