No one needs to go back 5 years in my socials to ban me from the US. The last couple of hours

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No one needs to go back 5 years in my socials to ban me from the US. The last couple of hours

#politics #Humor #survalliance #bans #alt

The Surveillance Empire That Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You “The problem is the export license, huh? For this we can find a…a way.” It was early June and Guenther Rudolph was in an expansive mood. Sharp-suited, relaxed, and charming, he was standing in a booth in Prague’s Clarion Congress Hotel. Every year the Clarion hosts an exclusive gathering: the premier get-together of the surveillance […]

Bruce Schneier points us to this excellent Mother Jones article on the surveillance state.

www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/firstwa...

#privacy #survalliance

#Fascism #Authoritarism #Survalliance #PoliceState #ICE #Protest #alt Ruth Ben-Ghait 10/21/25 AUTHORITARIAN POLICE STATE TACTICS FACIAL RECOGNITION TO BE USED ALONG WITH CHINESE TACTICS

#Fascism #Authoritarism #Survalliance #PoliceState #ICE #Protest #alt
Ruth Ben-Ghait 10/21/25
AUTHORITARIAN POLICE STATE TACTICS FACIAL RECOGNITION TO BE USED ALONG WITH CHINESE TACTICS
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists

👉 Vote 'em Out!

Ruth Ben-Ghait 10/21/25 AUTHORITARIAN POLICE STATE TACTICS FACIAL RECOGNITION TO BE USED ALONG WITH CHINESE TACTICS One measure of the strength of authoritarian regimes is what police and state security forces do when assigned to protests: for example, the refusal of armed forces to fire on protesters, or an uptick in desertions, can be a sign that the edifice of collaboration and coercion upon which a regime depends is starting to crumble. In established authoritarian regimes such as Turkey and Russia, protesters at mass demonstrations in cities are regularly beaten up by police and other security forces to “make an example” and discourage others from participating in the future. There is also a newer way of punishing demonstrators which is used alongside on-site physical violence: you leave people to protest so you can surveil and track them and then you show up later to harass, beat up, or arrest them. This is what the world’s largest surveillance state, Communist China, did with many attendees of the 2022 lockdown protests. ICE is now reportedly building a sophisticated surveillance system for future “crowd control” featuring iris scanners, phone hacking, facial recognition, and other tools. On-site tracking is another reason for the expansion of ICE offices in many cities. They want to be “everywhere” not just to terrorize, but to watch and record.

#Fascism #Authoritarism #Survalliance #PoliceState #ICE #Protest #alt

Ruth Ben-Ghait 10/21/25
AUTHORITARIAN POLICE STATE TACTICS FACIAL RECOGNITION TO BE USED ALONG WITH CHINESE TACTICS

Ruth Ben-Ghait 10/21/25 AUTHORITARIAN POLICE STATE TACTICS FACIAL RECOGNITION TO BE USED ALONG WITH CHINESE TACTICS One measure of the strength of authoritarian regimes is what police and state security forces do when assigned to protests: for example, the refusal of armed forces to fire on protesters, or an uptick in desertions, can be a sign that the edifice of collaboration and coercion upon which a regime depends is starting to crumble. In established authoritarian regimes such as Turkey and Russia, protesters at mass demonstrations in cities are regularly beaten up by police and other security forces to “make an example” and discourage others from participating in the future. There is also a newer way of punishing demonstrators which is used alongside on-site physical violence: you leave people to protest so you can surveil and track them and then you show up later to harass, beat up, or arrest them. This is what the world’s largest surveillance state, Communist China, did with many attendees of the 2022 lockdown protests. ICE is now reportedly building a sophisticated surveillance system for future “crowd control” featuring iris scanners, phone hacking, facial recognition, and other tools. On-site tracking is another reason for the expansion of ICE offices in many cities. They want to be “everywhere” not just to terrorize, but to watch and record.

#Fascism #ICE #Authoritarism #Survalliance #PoliceState #Protest #alt

Ruth Ben-Ghait 10/21/25
AUTHORITARIAN POLICE STATE TACTICS FACIAL RECOGNITION TO BE USED ALONG WITH CHINESE TACTICS

This is a very informative, well put together video- excellent job!
#Survalliance
#FacialRecognition
#PrivacyRights are Gone out the window
#Protest2025
#NoKings
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