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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Signal has been blocked by Venezuela and Russia (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by gytrash@feddit.uk to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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"Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying to avoid government censorship, and the blocks appear to be part of a crackdown on internal dissent in both countries..."

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[–] Novman@feddit.it 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It is a link that the reasons of the riots were far more deep that a single tweet. The world is a little bit more complicated that button-> action.

[–] ivn@jlai.lu 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But no one is saying that a single tweet started all this.

[–] Novman@feddit.it 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

No one? The narrative is : fake news and tweets started all this. We need to regulate the internet. As the french revolution was started by the statements of Marie-Antoinette.

[–] ivn@jlai.lu 1 points 4 months ago

You are right that there are underlying causes that needs to be addressed. That's why it spread so much and so fast. But that doesn't make racially motivated fake news OK.