People don’t want outsiders reading their private messages —not their physical mail, not their texts, not their DMs, nothing. It’s a clear and obvious point, but one place it doesn’t seem to have reached is the U.S. Senate.A group of lawmakers led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. Lindsey...
    • 10_0
      1•2 years ago

      Do you even know what’s on the legislation?

    • @savoyOP
      1•2 years ago

      Anything can be used as a catalyst, it all depends on the organization and the clarity of the message from those fighting against this and who understand the systemic causes that constantly lead to this.

    • @MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml
      1•2 years ago

      If the Patriot Act taught us anything, it’s that the vast majority of people don’t care enough about the government invading their privacy because most people don’t have the time/resources to focus on issues like this. Of all the things that could catalyze the working class to radicalize, I think this is unlikely.

  • @GenkiFeral@lemmy.ml
    1•2 years ago

    “a massive new surveillance system, run by private companies”. More moves towards fascism. If this isn’t that catalyst for a revolt, it certainly should be! As far as online child abuse, do you know how hard it is to report that? I tried once for over a hour to find the right site and email, but got return emails that I had contacted the wrong place. It should’ve been as easy as posting a URL and attaching a screenshot of what i thought was child abuse.
    This law is just another excuse to control us.

  • realcaseyrollins
    1•2 years ago

    This makes me upset. It’s also why P2P software is so important; the government can technically stop hosters and seize servers, but if people run P2P software, that service can never actually die.

    Governments seem to be coming for tech, as we’re seeing with Canada seizing and regulating crypto accounts of their citizens now. We really need to rapidly move towards P2P solutions, even for more centralized alt-tech platforms.