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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange · 5d ago
Age verification laws forcing platforms to restrict content access have been multiplying exponentially. The problem is, implementing such measures necessarily requires identifying every user accessing the content, one way or another. This is bad news for everyone. If these regulations continue to proliferate, this could lead to the end of pseudonymity online, and much worse. I wrote this article last year, but unfortunately this problem has only become worse, and it is sadly still very relevant. https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/06/age-verification-wants-your-face/ #Privacy #AgeVerification #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism
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@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · Mar 26, 2026
[Thread] What's in my book piles these days? Let's take a look and find out... #Bookstodon #AmReading #ReadWithPride #BannedBooks #ToBeBanned? #ReadWhileItsStillLegal #BigBrother #Fascism #Authoritarianism
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@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org · Apr 16, 2026
"Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) just inked a $12.2 million contract for an artificial intelligence tool that claims to map out immigrants’ daily routines, habits, and real-time location and categorize them as potential threats, per procurement records reviewed by the Lever. Dubbed “Project SAFE HAVEN,” the product is advertised by defense vendor Edge Ops LLC as a “question-based AI interface” that uses “persistent passive data collection” to map “patterns of life,” a surveillance tactic that ICE says will identify the “habitual locations, routes, and behavioral patterns” of its targets. Additional features of the technology described in procurement documents include real-time location tracking and analysis that will categorize individuals and groups as affiliated with ostensible criminal organizations, such as gangs or cartels. That includes building “target profiles” that track individuals’ activity by linking data obtained from Wi-Fi network connections and mobile smart devices, such as cell phones and smartwatches. A promotional blurb for the tool on Edge Ops LLC’s website claims that Project SAFE HAVEN “transforms the way we identify, locate, and map illegal migrants.”" https://jacobin.com/2026/04/ice-contract-ai-surveillance-immigrants/ #USA #Trump #Authoritarianism #ICE #AI #Surveillance #Privacy
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@Nonilex@masto.ai · Apr 15, 2026
In Trump tantrum of the hour news… #Trump Threatens to Fire Powell if He Does Not Resign From #Fed Although #JeromePowell’s term as the #FederalReserve chair officially ends on May 15, he can stay on as a governor until 2028 & said he would not leave until a criminal investigation was over. #law #economy #independence #RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #USpol https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/business/trump-powell-fed-fire.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Mar 14, 2026
"Personalist regimes always suffer from this, but then on top of that we have a personalist regime built on a man who is not just ignorant and malign, he is properly non compos mentis. Pretending he's capable of holding public office and giving orders at all is a kind of mass delusion." ~ Andy Craig #Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman /1 https://bsky.app/profile/andycraig.bsky.social/post/3mgwt7hgxnk25
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Mar 14, 2026
"Donald Trump is lost in his fog of war. ... The belief that coherent sense can be made out of Trump’s shuffling words is a weakness of the rational mind that refuses to accept the impulses of the inveterate demagogue for what they are." ~ Sidney Blumenthal #Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman /2 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/14/trump-iran-vietnam
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Mar 14, 2026
"Searching for reason in the jungle of Trump’s tales may compel hopelessly sensible people to superimpose logic where there is none in order to satisfy the need for some semblance of soundness." #Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman /3
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Mar 14, 2026
"'Mr President,' said a reporter. 'You’ve said the war is "very complete" but your defence secretary says, "This is just the beginning". So which is it?' Donald Trump’s eyes darted left and right then down. 'Well, I think you could say both,' he parried." ~ David Smith #Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman /4 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/14/trump-iran-war-chaos
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Mar 14, 2026
"The confusing answer at a press conference in Doral, Florida this week did not befit a wartime leader armed with stirring rhetoric and a lucid plan. ... as the conflict with Iran enters its third week, impacting nearly every corner of the Middle East and causing economic tremors around the world, Trump has emerged as America’s commander-in-chaos." #Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #authoritarianism #strongman /5
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 12, 2026
"UK historian Ian Richardson: 'I suspect the populist right bubble is bursting the world over. Trump is a busted flush, Orban will likely be hammered tomorrow, Bolsonaro is incarcerated and Farage is looking more like a loser with each passing day. These guys only offer anger and hate, not solutions and progress.'” ~ Ron Filipkowski #Orbán #Hungary #Trump #Bolsonaro #Farage #authoritarianism #fascism /10 https://www.meidasplus.com/p/this-weekend-in-politics-bulletin-7d4
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange · Apr 12, 2026
When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means: • Official identification of every adult using social media. • Deanonymization of every account, endangering groups that often rely on pseudonymity for safety, such as victims of domestic violence, victims of stalkers, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people. • Putting every adult at great danger of exploitation, fraud, and identity theft by forcing them to share their official ID with a for-profit third-party company with no incentive to protect it. Breaches have already happened. • Constructing a system of mass surveillance to attach every comment on social media to a legal identity. Effectively allowing authoritarian governments to silence their critics and opposition. • Potential for dystopian censorship and cutting off means of organization for groups of resistance to oppressive regime and organizations. • Endangering children online by putting a clear identification beacon over every child or family with children online. • Endangering the data of children who will inevitably try to pass as adults, and have their information collected by the third-party for-profit company. • Diminishing the value of official identification due to the inevitable data breaches, eventually pushing the system to require even more intrusive identification techniques, such as iris scans and fingerprints. • Installing a system of mass surveillance capable of attaching even more information to everyone's legal identity. With a potential to built list of people in certain groups, and scale-up state censorship and discrimination in unprecedented ways. • The list goes on and on. This isn't about protecting the children. It never was. Do not be duped by this excuse used to convince you to let go of your human rights. They are only trying to manipulate people lacking information. Stay informed on the issues related to Age Verification, and push back for your rights to privacy and democracy. The future depends on us. #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 11, 2026
"Sunday’s vote may well be one of the most important elections in the history of postcommunist Europe. It will test the longevity of a regime that has deviated from principles of democracy and the rule of law that were vindicated by the peaceful revolutions of 1989 and later secured by the European Union, which incorporated Hungary as part of its eastward expansion in 2004." ~ Isaac Stanley-Becker #Hungary #Orbán #Trump #Vance #authoritarianism /1 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/04/viktor-orban-hungary-election-magyar/686732/?gift=ZIT7NMCmIj_IC4HqpIXYJuWv3tNn9DgOL6G3sGcscyo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 11, 2026
"Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary, is a central figure in the international far right, and indeed the man, more than any other, who created the networks that normalized what he himself calls 'illiberalism.' Should he lose, as all signs indicate he will, this would be blow to far more familiar figures such as JD Vance and Donald Trump, who are Orbán’s pupils." ~ Timothy Snyder #Hungary #Orbán #Trump #Vance #authoritarianism /2 https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-hungarian-candidate
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 11, 2026
"In other words, it’s a MAGA kind of place. It’s what they would like to do to the United States, although with less sophistication and more brutality. Donald Trump has been frantically trying to keep Viktor Orban in power, largely in ways that demonstrate that he really doesn’t understand how the world views him. Sending JD Vance to campaign for Orban is not helpful to Orban. It’s a boost to the opposition." #Hungary #Orbán #Trump #Vance #authoritarianism /4
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 11, 2026
"It’s a boost to the opposition. Spewing frantically on Truth Social about how important it is that Orban win is, again, a gift to the Hungarian opposition." #Hungary #Orbán #Trump #Vance #authoritarianism /5
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 11, 2026
"Tomorrow Hungary votes. If Orbán falls — and the polls suggest he may — the same weekend Vance was supposed to be holding the illiberal international together in Budapest, the [negotiating] table in Islamabad gets harder to hold. The 'strongmen love me' narrative requires the strongmen to remain strong. The model has to work." ~ Mike Brock #Hungary #Orbán #Trump #Vance #authoritarianism /6 https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-table
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@wdlindsy@toad.social · Apr 11, 2026
Simon Rosenberg shares a photo of the anti-Orbán rally Friday night in Budapest. #Hungary #Orbán #Trump #Vance #authoritarianism /7 https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/hungary-votes-tomorrow-understanding
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@CubitOom@social.linux.pizza · Apr 09, 2026
The Fascist Paramilitary is Hiding Kids From Elected Officals And Giving Guards Scripts To Read At The Dilley Texas Concentration Camp. (Action Guide Inside) Video Source: https://reddit.com/comments/1sgecfh --- If this angers you, organize to fight fascism. Action Guide: https://eyesonice.substack.com/p/the-stepford-guards-ice-is-hiding #ice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #texas #crimesofice_videos_concentration_camps
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@CubitOom@social.linux.pizza · Apr 08, 2026
Fascist Paramilitary Invaders Blasts Chemical Spray Directly Into Volunteer’s Eyes – No Warning (Tucson, AZ - 4/6/26) Article: https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_909e6947-8797-457a-8067-f2a61ac059f0.html If this angers you, organize to fight fascism. #ice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #arizona #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants
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@CubitOom@social.linux.pizza · Apr 08, 2026
Fascist Paramilitary Run Concentration Camp Delaney Hall is Criminalizing Clothing with a Secret Dress Code To Keep Families Apart (Newark, NJ) Source: https://reddit.com/comments/1sf53x7 If this angers you, organize to fight fascism. Many local activist groups volunteer at Delaney including Indivisble chapters. You can also check with this organization: https://www.njaij.org Here’s another group that goes to Delaney: https://north.dsanj.org/families-still-in-need-of-support-at-delaney-hall/ #ice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #newjersey #crimesofice_videos_concentration_camps
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