Homeland Security is trying to force tech companies to hand over data about Trump critics

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/homeland-security-is-trying-to-force-tech-companies-to-hand-over-data-about-trump-critics/

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turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub · 20 pts · 218d

Well, that sounds oddly familiar. Isn't that pretty much what OVRA did in Italy and NKVD did in the USSR. Actually, this is really beginning to sound a lot like a rerun of the entire 1930s.

GreenShimada@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 218d

Remember, y'all - according to NSPM-7, they can and will consider anything they don't like as terrorism. Alex Pretti was a "domestic terrorist" before he hit the ground because NSPM-7 allows qualifying anyone that is near ICE and literally even looks at them wrong as either a domestic terrorist or organized political violence.

Some interpretations see this as effectively declaring at-will Martial Law.

DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 218d (2 replies)

I guess we need to leave Lemmy.world to have free speech and use a Lemmy server hosted outside US, in some feee country or democracy.

Chozo@fedia.io · 18 pts · 218d

Lemmy.world is not hosted in the US.

undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch · 8 pts · 218d

That’s exactly what I do. I also toss everything into multi-hop VPN tunnels because I’m insane (and I block as much as I can with DNS). I even host my email offshore.

LemonyLickets@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 195d
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