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The UK's war on anonymity has come to America

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Re: The UK's war on anonymity has come to America

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The whole think of the children angle is so cursed. Used to push surveillance meanwhile actual harm against children goes ignored. See Epstein files and the grooming gangs in the UK If it actually did anything to protect the children it wouldn’t be so objectionable

Epstein is real, the “grooming gangs” are not, unless you’re talking about Jimmy Saville.

Re: The UK's war on anonymity has come to America

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I'm always surprised how defensive people get in here about privacy when so many corporations have vastly more information about you than the government does.

"I'm surprised how much people hate this thing when this other thing, which they also hate, is even worse"?

Re: The UK's war on anonymity has come to America

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post #6

The whole think of the children angle is so cursed. Used to push surveillance meanwhile actual harm against children goes ignored. See Epstein files and the grooming gangs in the UK If it actually did anything to protect the children it wouldn’t be so objectionable

Epstein is real, the “grooming gangs” are not, unless you’re talking about Jimmy Saville.

This is flagrantly untrue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotherham_child_sexual_exploit...

Re: The UK's war on anonymity has come to America

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post #6

The whole think of the children angle is so cursed. Used to push surveillance meanwhile actual harm against children goes ignored. See Epstein files and the grooming gangs in the UK If it actually did anything to protect the children it wouldn’t be so objectionable

Epstein is real, the “grooming gangs” are not, unless you’re talking about Jimmy Saville.

I think OP is referring to stuff like the Rupert Lowe’s Rape Gang Inquiry

Re: The UK's war on anonymity has come to America

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post #6

The whole think of the children angle is so cursed. Used to push surveillance meanwhile actual harm against children goes ignored. See Epstein files and the grooming gangs in the UK If it actually did anything to protect the children it wouldn’t be so objectionable

Epstein is real, the “grooming gangs” are not, unless you’re talking about Jimmy Saville.

TBF they are real, but are they isolated to one ethnic group? No. Are the victims as numerous as Rupert Lowe's report makes it out to be? No.

Re: The UK's war on anonymity has come to America

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On this topic, have people noticed the sudden coordinated media push for Flock Is Your Friend? The Free Press, The Atlantic, and Axios have all churned out pro-Flock articles in the last week. Clearly someone (I assume A16Z, but it could be multiple groups) is panicking about the mounting bipartisan backlash to Flock cameras and is starting to write checks to try and head it off.

Pro-Flock bots come out in droves in the replies to any Xitter post that’s even mildly negative towards them too. It’s not the least bit subtle.

Re: The UK's war on anonymity has come to America

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I'm always surprised how defensive people get in here about privacy when so many corporations have vastly more information about you than the government does.

The corporations aren't going to throw you in jail if you cross state lines to get an abortion. The US government is already doing this when they get that data.

Re: The UK's war on anonymity has come to America

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On this topic, have people noticed the sudden coordinated media push for Flock Is Your Friend? The Free Press, The Atlantic, and Axios have all churned out pro-Flock articles in the last week. Clearly someone (I assume A16Z, but it could be multiple groups) is panicking about the mounting bipartisan backlash to Flock cameras and is starting to write checks to try and head it off.

Pro-Flock bots come out in droves in the replies to any Xitter post that’s even mildly negative towards them too. It’s not the least bit subtle.

basically: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wont-somebody-please-think-of...
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