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Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.

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[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 120 points 3 days ago (30 children)
[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 3 days ago (29 children)

If you think that any nation-state with the money to implement this shit isn't doing it already, I have a bridge to sell you.

Surveillance is a matter of power and maintaining it, far more than any ideological thing. There are already people being caught by this sort of shit in the UK and Europe as well.

[–] ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago (27 children)

Those are fascist states too. You can't make use of this kind of technology and still claim to be the good guys. Fascisms not a left or right thing, both sides of the aisle can slide into that kind of behavior.

[–] BlueDemon@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 days ago

Authoritarianism applies to both sides, and the middle. Fascism is a right wing authoritarian ideology.

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