I mean, it could also stop impersonation…

I mean, its not like not having an account is gonna stop them from collecting data. I mean, if I just have one and post cat photos, and some non-controvertial stuff like “omg look at this cool phone that Apple/Samsung just released”, there’s really nothing they could use against me. I can still have secret Lemmy accounts.

These days, if you don’t have a social media account, you get marked as “suspicious” for some reason. I mean… ahem USA ahem.

I don’t wanna end up tortured in some CIA blacksite because I legitimately don’t have a (mainstream) social media account lol.

Am I crazy to want to have a mainstream social media account?

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      don’t travel to the US

      Me, already in the US, and its my only country of citizenship:

      (Also, I think its kinda speading. AfD support in Germany doubled. RN in France is also kinda gaining support. 😬 Not a good time for freedom in the world)

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        We had a similar party here in Denmark, that became second largest party of the country with 21% in 2015, When the government introduced tough restrictions on immigration, they almost vanished a few years later, only very narrowly managing the 2% minimum requirement to have seats in parlament.

        The popularity of the party was highly based on limiting immigration, much like Brexit, Trump, AfD and AFAIK also RN of France.

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          God damn,it really is just people being xenophobic everywhere isn’t it?

          I still agree with the above user it’s gonna get worse though, if xenophobia truly is the common factor climate change is going to fuck Europe.

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            it really is just people being xenophobic everywhere isn’t it?

            That’s what it looks like to me. Italy too AFAIK.