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>There's two strong incentives - deanonymization for law enforcement is pretty useful so that's one. When you say it like that it sounds less scary than "deano
by laughing_man 4mo ago
>There's two strong incentives - deanonymization for law enforcement is pretty useful so that's one.
When you say it like that it sounds less scary than "deanoymization so the government can track down people saying things it doesn't like." Let's not forget the UK has more people in jail for things they said on the internet than Russia and China put together.
- nemomarx 4mo agoYeah the wording is a little broad, but the UK would call that law enforcement too. Depends on your state and laws and you can look around at how that's going - maybe you'll have brought a first aid kit to the wrong event or helped print some zines and they want to check up on you now.
- intended 4mo agoGod, that sentence didn’t pass the sniff test, so I checked: https://pa.media/blogs/fact-check/fact-check-international-data-on-online-comments-arrests-not-comparable/ https://pa.media/blogs/fact-check/fact-check-international-d... Don’t think that the claim stands up to scrutiny, since its comparing unlike things.
- laughing_man 4mo agoReading your link, "comparing unlike things" looks like spin to me. "It's different when we do it."
- account42 4mo agoBut comrade in the UK you can also criticize the government, as long as it's the russian government.