Submitted 2 hours ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
For context, I live in the US, but I’ve read news in the past about India shutting down the internet in response to protests and also Iran…
So now I just assume the worst about everything…
Does anyone else think this way?
Yes. It’s pretty much always not any of those things.
People in the US actually should. You have a fascist-leaning, borderline totalitarian regime which has tried to incite civil war several times, with the assumed goal of declaring martial law and suspending elections. They’re also on social media (including Lemmy!) trying to discourage people from voting, either by saying the other party is just as bad or saying it won’t do any good. It actually sounds like attacking the Internet is the next step, since they’ve been attacking education, health care, and nutrition lately. In fact, Twitter has been used to create and spread CSAM, and Twitter is run by an ally of the ruling party, almost like they want that social network banned in other countries (but it won’t be banned in the US).
Nope! If other nations can do it so can the US. They might be more localized and subtle or maybe they can track traffic on the internet well enough that they would prefer not to.
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