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‘Blueskyism’, Political Violence, and Open Social Networks Under Authoritarianism (connectedplaces.online)
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on how the last weeks have shifted the threat model for open social networks: from fighting platform decay to the threat of authoritarianism

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[–] Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You can not solve all issues of (authoritarian) society with pure technology. State actors have more funding for the hunt and development of new technology for (targeted) surpression. At a certain point instance admins of social networks can not hide.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago

When people are forced into a corner, the only winning move is to eliminate the fascist.