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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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Britain calls it safety. It is censorship (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 3 days ago by daydrinkingchickadee@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Jentu@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I agreed with the premise up front. It's not a bad article. That doesn't take away from a censorship heavy regime criticising censorship through their mouthpiece and I fully acknowledge that AJ is generally decent so no, it's not racism.

“I swear, I’m not talking about crime just because I passed a random person of color. Being anti crime is a total rational thought to bring up, and I just find the topic interesting and worth talking about at this particular moment is all. That person we passed was actually a really chill dude, and the fact that I said that makes me not a racist”