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As the Trump administration cracks down on climate change activism, members of environmental groups like Extinction Rebellion fear they are being targeted.

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

Talking to no-longer-active people is a classic FBI technique for getting a mole into a group. They can find somebody they have leverage against, and use the promise of a suspended sentence to get them to work as an informant.