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MediaSensationalism ,
@MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world avatar

The government doesn’t need a warrant to browse data that it’s already in possession of. Food for thought.

cheese_greater ,

Sounds like it really shouldn’t have possession of that, although my sympathy is limited for fools who post their crimes on the Facebook

Armok_the_bunny ,

That’s not the kind of data they’re looking for, if you post it somewhere publicly available they already have that without a warrant or anything. The kind of data to be worried about is the kind that those companies collect about where you travel and when, and what kind of people you talk to through email or private messages. Even if you don’t think there’s anything incriminating in there, law enforcement loves to collect evidence that they think can be used to pin any crime on anybody, even if they don’t know what that crime is exactly.

Gormadt ,
@Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

This

Exactly this

The government doesn’t need to know my search habits without a warrant

WhatAmLemmy ,

Good thing they already possess it all via realtime backdoors into every major tech company. The only thing that would change, is the (im)plausible deniability.

I agree, though. We’re all in danger.

umbrella ,
@umbrella@lemmy.ml avatar

lol that wouldnt happen though

bl_r ,

Fuck nationalization of social media. Honestly, this is one of the worst ideas I’ve heard.

The idea that giving the government a monopoly on the biggest data hoarders is somehow better than having the capitalists own it is mind-boggling.

The government doesn’t need a warrant to search through its own data.

The last thing we need is to give the state more power over our lives, more insight into our lives, and more control over the narratives we learn.

Every time humans have centralized more power into fewer and fewer hands, nothing good comes from it. We need more decentralized forms of media, not more centralized forms.

Jackthelad ,

Lol. What a ludicrous idea.

How high do you want your taxes to be, for a start?

BelatedPeacock ,

The only thing worse than a monopoly is a government owned monopoly

arran4 ,

Back before the media decided it wasn’t a competitor but rather a potential profit source. I do think the government does need to have it’s own alternatives (obviously not identical more on this one day) for other reasons, such as for it’s own media releases, but more internationally coordinated appropriate & considered legislation is probably better.

bionicjoey ,

How about just making them actually pay an amount of taxes commensurate with the burdens they apply on society?

gedaliyah ,
@gedaliyah@lemmy.world avatar

Seems like it would be better to have government buy-in to federated platforms. There are some governments that have moved their official announcements to Mastodon, which is a good start.

What the Fediverse really needs to ensure longevity is government and journalist support.

Cephalotrocity ,

Nationalizing Facebook is a terrible idea. 1a would turn it into an almost unmoderatable hellhole Twitter would pale in comparison to.

gedaliyah ,
@gedaliyah@lemmy.world avatar

Ever seen the discussion on a government Facebook page where they’re not legally allowed to block trolls?

gedaliyah ,
@gedaliyah@lemmy.world avatar

Ever seen the discussion on a government Facebook page where they’re not legally allowed to block trolls?

Isa ,
@Isa@feddit.org avatar

Nationalise Google, Facebook and Amazon? If somebody posted that on Google, Facebook and Amazon, I’d say, “well, they seem to not know better”. But posting that in the noncommercial Fediverse? Why?

crank0271 ,

Okay, which nation gets them?

Peffse ,

Can we go with Egypt? I feel like they should get some more time in the history books.

Vanth ,
@Vanth@reddthat.com avatar

Not Ello!

Jk, I was the only person I knew with an Ello account. I know more people on lemmy and mastodon and fediverse stuff than I did on Ello. It didn’t take much to predict it wouldn’t work out.

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