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Ironic how people want to help de-censor what's considered to be an enemy nation (by the media), but are ok with censoring half their next-door neighbors based on politics.

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Nobody here thinks anyone in the US should be unable to use Signal.

...Until it gets branded as a white supremacist tool for encrypted communications.

Call me extremely pessimistic but events like Jan 6. will be used as justification to start attacking applications that offer end-to-end encryption, and encryption in general. Just like 9/11 was used to justify eroding certain civil liberties.

> One employee pointed out that fascists are often quite public about their activities, as the recent insurrection in broad daylight at the Capitol showed

https://www.theverge.com/22249391/signal-app-abuse-messaging...

Thanks to olah_1 for this reference

They’re already discussing what to do when “fascists” (read: Christian rednecks) start posting signal group links.

> One employee pointed out that fascists are often quite public about their activities, as the recent insurrection in broad daylight at the Capitol showed

https://www.theverge.com/22249391/signal-app-abuse-messaging...

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