there goes "their freedom of speech", hypocrites
this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2026
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I remember when reddit first got popular and the demise of Digg
I feel like we're watching the demise or reddit now
The place is nothing but bots, they allow loser power tripping mods to ban you willy nilly with basically no appeal process. And now they're gonna give you up to the govt
I'm sure shareholders are super stoked right now
Now? It died in 2023 or whenever the API debacle happened. Even before that it was pretty botty.
Everyone is still using it. It sucks since i just want everyone to come on piefed/lemmy. I really have no idea what reddit has to do to make people switch. Its kinda like seeing a toxic relationship.
I finally left just a couple weeks ago. Seeing and hearing about entire accounts being banned after simple peaceful criticism of political leaders showed me that they use poorly programmed algorithms to issue bans and also confirm them on appeals without any reasonable human elements. It also seemed like some accounts would get perma-banned by simply complaining about this process.
I got banned for suggesting someone put a hole in the Charlie Kirk statue
Does Reddit even know who they are? Sure they could hand over my IP address but even without a VPN my IP says I'm hundreds of miles away from my real location so that wouldn't help them.
It will. I can assure you the government have far more resources at their disposal than you do.
This is an extremely naive take
When looking at an IP for an investigation, they don't use GeoIP. They use "ask the ISP who had this IP at this time, oh, thanks for the full name, address, bank info, phone number".
A'right, this is disgusting, but it's really not Reddit's fault if a Grand Jury requests evidence.
spoiler
___Especially because the Grand Jury hasn't even requested anything yet, I guess?
Today is a good day to use Lemmy.
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
They can't fucking WAIT until this ID verification goes through. Literally frothing at the mouth for it.
I don't get it. Once ID checks are here, do they think people will keep expressing these kinds of opinions publicly? Oh course not, they're just going to keep going further underground online or find offline ways, do they really think we'll just keep posting incriminating stuff with our real name attached?
do they think people will keep expressing these kinds of opinions publicly? Oh course not
People are already pushing all kind of extreme and suspicious opinions on multiple websites under their "official" name that can be found on their ID. This won't change. And the risk isn't people stopping saying thing at one point; it's the list of "allowed" topics changing over time, then going back to older content.
The oppression is the goal. They want you to tell 10 people locally, not 10 million worldwide.
Suppression of anything critical of Trump and the other snowflakes is the goal. Oppression is their favorite tool, but they’ll settle for intimidation which still ends up being effective even when our institutions uphold the Constitution.
Yeah but the 10 locals are the ones that might actually end up doing something instead of shouting into the digital void.
Fuck ICE
why don't you take a marker and a white shirt, write that on that shirt, and actually wear it outside, instead of doing this.
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Good god the title is very misleading. The grand jury hearing isn't until April 14. It's still chilling that the administration will go to these lengths to apparently silence criticism, but I'm not convinced there is more to this story. Although the reddit user in question is enlisting a civil liberties group to represent him, I'm thinking he/she may not be a terrorist mastermind who is a danger to the American people.
This measured response feels much healthier than my/our kneejerk reactions. Any prosecutor is going to seek information that would help their case, and they expect the Court to simply say No when it isn’t compatible with the law. It sucks that this Trump admin and retributive DOJ have such an anti-American track record that our initial instinct is that every move is another attempt to suppress criticism (which it likely would be if they had any scintilla of competence to go with their thirst for fascism).
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Actual title:
A Secret Grand Jury Is Seeking the Identity of a Reddit User Who Criticized ICE
It's completely unclear what illegal thing the user is supposed to have done, other than dislike ICE.
So, the rule is very old already, actually: You can't criticize ICE on Reddit if you're an American citizen, because of this. And you can't criticize ICE, Israel, Trump and etc. on Reddit even if you're are not the USA citizen - because of bans on platform.
i heard its a "secret grand jury" whatever that means, probably chosen only jurors that would vote in thier favors, aka literally choosing biased jurors. since reddit is half or more as bots, it will be funny if they only found its a bot from another country. i have a hunch that reddit does not reveal thier bot activities, or how they are allowing them.
You must not remember the 944 Russian bot accounts from the 2016 election. Some of the accounts have been cleaned but reddit actually documented that bot activity pretty well.
ah pedonald trying to scare people. fuck him with a retractable baton.
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This is a reminder to everyone. If you or someone you know is still on Reddit. Use an extension to bulk deleted everything before deleting the account. You're friends and family are not safe posting on reddit.
bro you need to relax and touch some grass, fr fr.
Ya. I just got a 7 day ban for telling people to go and train with their guns at shooting ranges just to get used to using them before the civil war starts.
I am no fan of reddit but in this case Reddit appears to have championed this users anonymity going so far as to actively draw the ire of the administration.
- Reddit refused to comply with the initial administrative subpoena
- the Federal government came back with this grand jury subpoena and warned Reddit not to disclose the existence of the subpoena or they’d consider it interference in federal law enforcement
- Reddit complied with this new legally binding subpoena, but did not comply with the demand to keep it a secret. In the contrary, they immediately alerted the user of the subpoena which allowed him time to immediately lawyer up.
You’re not wrong that you’re not safe posting on Reddit, but if this case is any indication you’re not any less safe posting in Reddit than any other site, including Lemmy.
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The masses are fucking morons and a threat to anyone trying to actually improve anything. Don't hold your breath for them to abandon their dopamine dispensers.
The most absurd part of this is their inability to dox someone for a month. Give a handful of bored nerds any motivation and they'd have it figured out in a day or two.
Be grateful they are incompetent.
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