• DrDeadCrash@programming.dev
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    9 months ago

    What if the government decided Lemmy was a dangerous (communist ?) platform that needs to be shutdown? This is a matter of censorship, however the outright open market for our data from all platforms is the elephant in the room here.

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      9 months ago

      Well, I would expect there to be some shred of evidence that it is dangerous to the security of the United States. We have LOADS of evidence of that for TikTok.

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        9 months ago

        And if no one cares about your expectations because now it’s been done before so if it’s being done again it must be for good reason?