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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Spanish PM calls to end social media anonymity, force digital ID (sociable.co)

submitted 2 days ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] CashDragon@realbitcoin.cash -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Maybe it's not for you, no one is forcing you to use it, it is not all about you.

A woman protesting an oppressive regime with her posts may find it is the only safe place without getting her identity reported back to the oppressive state as all corporate owned platforms would do.

[–] growsomethinggood@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago

I gotta say, responding to "hey I think women and minorities might not be safe here" with "then maybe that space isn't for [women and minorities]" is quite the hot take