The peoples who are "concerned" about China's "police state" are gonna be silent on this of course
this post was submitted on 14 Feb 2026
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Even if China wanted to spy on Americans they could just let Americans do that for them and assume everyone who is NOT on an "enemy of the state" list is a fascist lol
Even if China wanted to spy on Americans
they can buy the from the same data brokers everyone else buys from.
In bad country, the government sends paramilitary death squads into its cities, and persecutes any citizens who speak up against them
No wonder Discord is asking to real id's now. Move to FOSS platforms ASAP if you want to have free speech.
So, uh...can we get an update to the Code of Conduct page, maybe? A certain section of it seems rather relevant right about now.
Updated November 2025, deeply concerning. Extremely concerning. Even the best case that they forgot means they have an inadequate warning system. Only a timely alarm actually matters or helps.
The Times says they were rarely used in the past and were mostly sent to companies for the investigation of serious crimes, such as child trafficking.
child trafficking
and we know that literally doesn't matter anymore.
Oh it is still used for trafficking, the data from the companies helps the government traffic children.
Ignore the subpoena, just like the Republicans demonstrated time and time again.
If this list is long enough, I could be on it! If DHS visits me, I'll post all about it. It's definitely better if they visit a nobody like me, instead of our brave antifa supersoldiers in the field of duty. I'll waiste their time for sure.