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Scoundrel 2 weeks ago
That's a lot of words. I even read some of them, and yet I still can't understand what specifically you have a problem with. Are you mad that the FBI has watchlists? Are you mad that the FBI pays attention to certain people based on the beliefs they announce to the world? Are you mad that your beliefs are included in that? Or are you just mad that they are using AI? Personally, I think people deserve it for actively choosing to associate their beliefs with their personal identity. Speech is just so much more pure and wholesome when its anonymous.

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Mad about the definition of who is a terrorist changing every 4 years when different tyrants take over. A terrorist is now anyone who doesn't agree with authority. The terrorism watchlists have been a clusterfuck since 9/11. False positives all over the place, impossible to get your name cleared if it lands on one, zero due process but plenty of harassment. It's not just a Trump problem either, the Biden administration did the same bullshit as well, targetting imaginary domestic terrorists. They didn't have AI doing it though, the reach of this just expanded exponentially. Expressing a controversial opinion doesn't equate to being a terrorist. If someone is actively trying to recruit people or raise funds for a known terrorist organization, that's different. And anonymity is going to be harder and harder to achieve with AI tools doxxing people, connecting dots that no human could of. But I agree with you people should at least try to stay anon, but i don't agree they should be punished for expressing opinions under their real identity. The endpoint is suppressing speech because people will self censor.
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Scoundrel 2 weeks ago
Creating watchlists is a basic human right for everyone, including the president of the United States. Obviously any president of any party affiliation can do it and is capable of acting on watchlists. If your whole argument depends on harassment ocurring then it sounds like there is nothing inherently wrong with speech based watchlists, which is what it sounded like you were saying earlier.