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Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says (gizmodo.com)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/reddit@lemmy.world
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DHS is expanding its use of administrative subpoenas, which don't come from judges.

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[–] 5 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

Are there bot commentors on Lemmy?

I just migrated, don't really know all the ins and outs yet.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Most that hit Lemmy are pretty damn obvious and get banned quickly by mods and instance admins.

    So far the slightly more complex reddit style ones haven't been turned on us yet. Probably don't think the smaller userbase is worth the effort.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    I suspect these more advanced Reddit bots are given some kind of special access via private APIs or other backend integration from the Reddit staff / devs themselves.

    Which they won’t get here. Of course, the whole thing is open source, so they could modify that as needed and run it on their own instances. Of course, those instances would then be easy to spot and defederate. And on and on.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Sometimes I think there are provacateurs on here, saying we should do something about so and so and so forth. Trying to do the old FBI trick of creating terrorism where there isn't any.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    I totally agree. Any overt suggestion that any US citizen should take up arms against the gov is an automatic red flag to me. FBI? Maybe. Russian Incitement? Maybe. I dunno who, but I don't believe it's just some dude from Sweden suggesting it.

    PSA Time: Also, if you're considering anything like that, please call a mental crisis helpline immediately. Those are not healthy thoughts, and you may be a danger to yourself and others.

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