I was watching this yesterday. She talks about the way the government pushes private companies to follow out their spying basically.
We already gave out freedom and rights away a long time ago. Everything is just for show.
You definitely can’t feel safe using Lemmy either
I always knew this day was coming. I’ve got a long online post history, and most of it is very critical of the government, and extremely critical of Trump and MAGA. If they are targeting critics, sooner or later my name is going to come up.
Not on here, but same. I’ll save you a seat in the gas chamber we’ll inevitably end up in
At this point I kind of look forward to it. Survival instinct doing it yourself is so strong.
Yeah, I put in 12 years and almost a million Karma on Reddit before I was permabanned in the post-Inauguration bloodbath, along with thousands of others, for a statement which I had posted numerous times without so much as a warning.
They obviously took note of my opinions, and my willingness to express them, and decided that this was a new Trump era, and they immediately decided to grovel, and give me up, along with all the others. If they didn’t have a file on me before, they do now.
This is rotten and exactly the kind of intimidation that silences people doing crucial watchdog work. Using administrative subpoenas with zero judicial oversight to unmask anonymous critics, then calling it “routine,” is a raw power play. Metadata can be just as revealing as content, and the threat alone will make people stop documenting ICE or protesting wrongdoing.
Tech companies need to stop being passive. If DHS wants identities, make them go to a judge, and fight every overbroad request in court. Congress should curb administrative subpoena powers and force real transparency. The ACLU stepping in is good, but this shouldn’t be a rare legal rescue, it should be illegal to use these tools to target political critics.
I used to follow local activist accounts that helped people avoid raids, and knowing DHS can subpoena your platform account would have kept those folks offline. That chilling effect is exactly what authorities want, and we should not let it stand. Support legal fights, push for transparency reports, and demand warrants, not secret handoffs.
Tech companies need to stop being passive
you need to realize that US tech bros are not only complicit but actually the main drivers and sponsors of this speed run into a fascist surveillance state
Stop using their products. Stop your subscriptions. Stop all unnecessary consumption.
Tech oligarchs are funding this shit MAN!
And the CIA or other government is usually helping fund them.
Yeah, stop giving them any more money immediately. That’s the only message they’ll understand.
I don’t know if enough people care to make the sacrifice. I like the idea of having hope, but I don’t have much faith left in humanity to fight against the system they’re so tied into now
If everyone who asks this question joins us we’ll be more than enough!
I hope so, it’s only going to get more grim until enough people make a significant impact on all of these evil fucks. And that’s just the money, they’ll still be ideologically evil no matter how much we squeeze them.
